The GDC 2024 State of the Sport Trade report requested over 3,000 staff within the recreation trade which platforms they’re at the moment growing their tasks for. Surprisingly, 18% of the devs surveyed are engaged on a Nintendo Switch mission, whereas 8% are engaged on video games for a “Nintendo Switch successor,” in accordance with the survey.
The report, which might be downloaded here, additionally mentions the Switch successor in a query in regards to the basic platform curiosity. For this, 32% of them are trying ahead to Nintendo’s new console.
It has been virtually seven years because the launch of Nintendo’s hybrid console. Because it stands, there’s nonetheless a lot we do not learn about a Switch 2. The corporate has but to supply a teaser of after we may hear extra information about it. An announcement may happen earlier than the brand new monetary yr begins on April 1, culminating the Q1 interval of 2024. For those who noticed the AI Shark information in regards to the console releasing on September of this yr, that was more than likely a wild guess.
As we proceed to attend for information on the upcoming console, the GDC 2024 report serves as a delicate, but promising indication that a minimum of some builders on the market are already engaged on video games for it. Of course, there is not any manner of figuring out if stated devs are from Nintendo’s first-party studios or third-party ones. Nonetheless, it is a good indication that issues have been set in movement for a while.
Elsewhere within the report, there are extra fascinating outcomes in regards to the trade itself. One-third of builders have switched recreation engines up to now yr or considered doing so. Unity announcing it might be introducing a charge pegged to recreation installs was undoubtedly an element.
As well as, virtually half of the builders surveyed said that Generative AI instruments are getting used within the office. The massive majority of individuals utilizing them are within the enterprise and finance aspect of issues, whereas high quality assurance is the sector on the decrease finish. 4 out of 5 builders, nonetheless, are nervous in regards to the moral use of AI.