Only 3% of Devs are Making Games for the Switch

[grossaffe]

sugery, lol

Come on, bro, you can't misspell someone's misspelling when making fun of them for misspelling.

 

[Jayro]

Exactly! I mean, how many of these devs are real studios or just a single app creators at home?

What defines a studio apart from someone (with or without friends helping) at home naming themselves "Xxxxxx Studios"?

 

[Hells Malice]

I love that fake news is even spreading to GBAtemp.

Of these random nobodies only X say they're doing this!

I would assume a majority of game devs work on PC or mobile because that's the biggest market for their shitty games to maybe sell 1 or 2 copies to pay for their $0 asset stolen 5 minute game.



Of the 1 person I asked, 0% are making games for the Switch

NINTENDO SWITCH OFFICIALLY DEAD AFTER SURVEY SHOWS NO ONE IS MAKING GAMES FOR IT!

There you go Maki, I just fed you your next 'news' article.

 

[Kioku]

surgery, lol

LOL

Gotta love Swiftkey..

 

[Deleted User]

That survey apparently is from January 2017?

 

[ItsKipz]

hold on, 3% of devs surveyed. not all devs were there.

 

[DarkenedMatter]

I definitely agree this is just some click bait bullshit. This thing was going on before the Switch was released. A lot of people aren't going to want to make a game for a new console if they don't expect it to sell well and so far guess what? The Switch is selling great. So, maybe make another thread that's actually time relevant to where we can hear their opinions now rather than before the Switch was even released.

 

[Justinde75]

oh no does that mean I wont see farming simulator 2k18 on my switch???

 

[Deleted User]

oh no does that mean I wont see farming simulator 2k18 on my switch???

Geometry Dash for Switch?

 

[Taleweaver]

Hmmm... Despite the caveats, I gotta say that isn't much (heck...even Linux has more fans ). Sure, it's a new platform, but just how hard is it to port a game to the damn thing?

 

[Luckkill4u]

hold on, 3% of devs surveyed. not all devs were there.

wrong, the survey was 4500~ developers and 3% of them are working on a title for the switch right now. The number is going to change because the hybrid console has just came out when GDC17 started. We also don't know how many Dev kits for the switch are out there. I think this is more a good thing to see lets say 100 games being developed right now for the switch. To me Nintendo isn't your regular Video Game Company, and they sell their consoles to players who are looking forward to 1st and 2nd party games.

 

[Deleted User]

oh no does that mean I wont see farming simulator 2k18 on my switch???

Screw Farming Simulator, how are we going to get quality titles like Truck Driving Simulator and Goat Simulator?

 

[jimbo13]

Coming soon to PS4/XBONE & PC.

What every mainstream marquee title says for release information and will continue to say through the switchs life span.

Dear Switch users, you are going to get some Great first party games. Other than that you are not getting Mass Effect, Final Fantasy 15, the next red dead, For Honor, GTA or anything else mainstream triple A and will be plagued with year long gaming droughts between Nintendo releases. You can expect the same frequency and antiquated release titles the Wii-U got & nothing else.

No amount of "give it time" bullshit you been spewing since the last 3 years of the Wii is going to change that. It would require Nintendo writing checks to devs and it's not going to happen.

REPEAT: NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

 

[Mr. Wizard]

I remember a time when consoles were more popular than PC. Glad those times are over, even though most of those PC games being developed are probably shit...

 

[DiscostewSM]

I'm gonna post about this from someone else from another forum.

So old. Here's the actual original source for that information:

http://reg.techweb.com/GDCSF17-StateOfGame?kcode=gamabl0112

Significant trends revealed by the survey results include:

Optimism for the Nintendo Switch
Uncertainty about console updates like PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox's "Project Scorpio"
HTC Vive's ascendancy to become the most popular VR/AR platform for devs


The reason people only ever cite that picture is spin.

Also to note from that same link, it was leading up to GDC 2016, a time where folks were under NDA regarding the Switch. I don't even think the Switch had a release date set at that time.

 

[Shubshub]

Coming soon to PS4/XBONE & PC.

What every mainstream marquee title says for release information and will continue to say through the switchs life span.

Dear Switch users, you are going to get some Great first party games. Other than that you are not getting Mass Effect, Final Fantasy 15, the next red dead, For Honor, GTA or anything else mainstream triple A and will be plagued with year long gaming droughts between Nintendo releases. You can expect the same frequency and antiquated release titles the Wii-U got & nothing else.

No amount of "give it time" bullshit you been spewing since the last 3 years of the Wii is going to change that. It would require Nintendo writing checks to devs and it's not going to happen.

REPEAT: NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

Its nice to see you know everything about the games industry, Nintendo, everything about developers even the stuff that hasn't been revealed
This guy is onto something guys his dad or uncle must work for Nintendo

 

[Monado_III]

Its nice to see you know everything about the games industry, Nintendo, everything about developers even the stuff that hasn't been revealed
This guy is onto something guys his dad or uncle must work for Nintendo

I bet he is just salty because the Wii U flopped

 

[Mr. Wizard]

I bet he is just salty because the Wii U flopped

Wii U has nothing on the Dreamcast. I miss Sega, they should come out of console retirement.

 

[jimbo13]

Its nice to see you know everything about the games industry, Nintendo, everything about developers even the stuff that hasn't been revealed
This guy is onto something guys his dad or uncle must work for Nintendo

You guys always bitch & whine, what you never do is post a release date for a major title from a third party that every other platform is getting.

 

[s157]

I wish there was a list of devs. Were Japanese devs part of it? More importantly was Falcom part of it? I'd like to see Ys or a kiseki game on the switch