Perforce & JetBrains: Gaming Technologies in 2024
Unreal Engine is the leader in both gaming and non-gaming sectors.
The companies surveyed 576 people from 64 countries across 6 continents. One-third of the respondents work in non-gaming industries (automotive, healthcare, finance). Companies were interested in how gaming technologies are used beyond the gaming industry.
53% of small and medium-sized studios face funding issues, while only 7% of large companies have this problem.
However, large companies more frequently encounter challenges with effective collaboration (34% vs. 15% in smaller companies); the pace of innovation (26% vs. 14% in smaller companies); and talent retention (20% vs. 10% in smaller companies).
The main collaboration issues highlighted by respondents include working with large files (38%), difficulties in reusing assets (29%), time zone and remote work problems (29%), and providing feedback on assets (26%).
The main innovation constraints are a lack of people or knowledge (51%), tight deadlines (33%), inefficient processes (31%), and coordination issues in remote work (16%).
63% of companies use Unreal Engine, making it the most popular engine. 47% use Unity, 11% use their own engine, and 9% use Godot. In non-gaming industries, Unreal Engine is used by 51% of companies, while only 16% usage of Unity.
Unreal Engine's popularity is roughly equal among small to medium (66%) and large studios (59%). Unity, however, is used more by smaller companies (52% vs. 30% in large companies). Larger developers more frequently use their own engines (27% vs. 10% in small studios).
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Perforce Helix Core (51%), GitHub (42%), and GitLab (15%) are the leaders in version control services.
Version Control (69%), Google Drive (43%), and Network File System (NFS) with simple email (20%) are the top tools for asset storage.
Jira (39%) and Trello (24%) are the leaders in project management software.
Photoshop (62%), Blender (59%), and Maya (42%) are the industry leaders in graphic tools.
AI tools are also gaining popularity, with the leaders being ChatGPT (47%), GitHub Copilot (18%), and Midjourney (15%).
AWS (30%), Microsoft Azure (18%), and GCP (9%) are the leaders in cloud hosting.
