Sport builders are persevering with to desire engaged on video games for PC and PlayStation 5 over Xbox Collection X|S, in line with new knowledge from the Sport Developers Convention’s newest report monitoring the state of the video games business over the past 12 months.
The most recent report from GDC (through Christopher Dring at The Game Business) confirmed a continued decline in builders engaged on initiatives for Xbox. Whereas PC stays the one platform to rule all of them, with 83% of surveyed builders at the moment making video games for it and 80% saying they need to, builders are making video games for PlayStation 5 at a seven-percentage-point distinction over Xbox Collection X|S. (47% versus 40%, to be precise.) This distinction extends to developer curiosity as properly, with 40% of surveyors saying they need to work on PS5 initiatives in comparison with simply 20% for Xbox Collection X|S.
The Steam Deck, in the meantime, is outwardly the fourth-most-used platform, as 28% of builders are making or optimizing video games for Valve’s handheld console. Talking of handheld consoles, 39% of individuals say they’re thinking about making video games for the Nintendo Swap 2, placing it only one proportion level behind the Steam Deck when it comes to developer curiosity (40%).
Whereas these numbers show a slight enhance in builders making video games for Xbox Collection X|S when in comparison with 2024’s knowledge (34% to 40%), it actually reveals how PlayStation 5 has not solely grown in curiosity in builders but in addition grown in initiatives within the works for Sony’s newest console (38% in 2024 to 47% in 2025). In fact, PC continues to be the queen of the platform kingdom, with video games being developed for it growing from 80% to 83%, however the actual stunning determine is simply how a lot Microsoft’s newest console is lagging behind PC and PS5.
Yet another (possibly unsurprising) determine: fewer than 100 individuals, apparently simply 8%, stated they’re making prolonged actuality (XR) or digital actuality (VR) video games in the mean time, with 82% claiming that the Meta Quest and Horizon Retailer are the highest platforms for these sorts of experiences. Seemingly not a coincidence, however Meta’s augmented actuality (AR) and VR division Actuality Labs is reportedly bleeding billions of {dollars} in losses.
The survey additionally seems to be at generative AI throughout the video games business, and the outcomes are most likely not that stunning. In comparison with final 12 months’s figures, the place 30% of respondents stated generative AI is hurting the video games business, the brand new knowledge states that this quantity has elevated to 52%. Sadly, extra individuals stated they work for an organization with generative AI use insurance policies, as much as 78% from 52% the 12 months prior, with the tech getting used for analysis/brainstorming (81%), writing emails (47%), and coding help (additionally 47%).