PC, Nintendo Switch, and Mac game development on the rise

Smartphone and Mac game development has increased

2017 was a very successful year for the Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo Switch became the product of the year, surpassed Nintendo’s sale goals by millions of units, and became the fastest selling console in the United of America. When the Nintendo Switch launched a few months ago it didn’t have a lot of games on it. When it launched the Nintendo Switch had less than 20 games on it and many people don’t count 1‑2‑Switch was a real game. Many gamers believe that 1‑2‑Switch should have been paced with the Nintendo Switch. When the Nintendo Switch launched developers thought it would fail so they didn’t develop games for it but after they saw Nintendo Switch’s huge success they started developing games for it. Right now a lot more devs are developing games for the PC than the Xbox One, PS 4, and other gaming platforms. In 2017 we didn’t see a lot of games for the Mac but in 2018 it seems like we are going to get a lot more Mac games.

In GDC’s survey in 2017 devs said that 50% of them developed games for the PC, 32% developed smartphone games, 23% of developers developed PS 4 games, 19% developed games for the Xbox One, 14 developed games for the Mac, 5% developed games for the Nintendo Switch, 4% developed games for the Xbox 360, 3% developed for the PS 3, 3% developed for AR Headset, 2% developed for the PS Vita, 1% developed for the Wii U, and 1% developed for the Nintendo 3DS. In 2017 only a few platforms have risen a lot 60% want to develop for the PC, 36% want to develop for Smartphones, 30% want to develop for the PS 4, 26% want to develop for the Xbox One, 20% want to develop for the Mac, 19% want to develop for VR, 12% want to develop for the Nintendo Switch, 11% want to develop for Linux, 7% want to develop for AR headsets, 3% want to develop for the Xbox 360, 2% for the PS 3, 1% want to develop for the PS Vita, 1% want to develop for the Wii U, and %1 want to develop for the 3DS. 

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Technology, Video Games, Game Development, Nintendo Switch game development

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