One in ten devs at GDC are making a recreation with loot containers

11% of these builders are engaged on a recreation that includes some type of loot field system, or “paid item crates” as indicated on the survey. Asked for elaboration, these builders responded with warning, with many saying loot containers ought to award solely beauty gadgets, that these gadgets are accessible with out paying, and that the reward system be balanced for gameplay first.

Across all video games, loot field or not, slightly below half of the builders surveyed stated they have been releasing a standard, paid recreation, with 39% saying their subsequent title can be “free to download.” 23% are engaged on a recreation with DLC, and 22% are engaged on one thing which can promote in-game gadgets for actual cash.

PC is the preferred platform for builders, and its lead is increasing – 50% stated their final recreation was launched on PC, in comparison with 45% who stated the identical final 12 months. By comparability, PS4 had 19%, Xbox One had 15%, and cell had 32%. That’s a slight drop for cell, and a slight improve for the consoles over final 12 months.

There’s additionally been a slight waning of curiosity in VR, however builders are nonetheless exhibiting wholesome assist towards the brand new know-how. 19% of builders stated their present recreation can be for VR headsets, whereas barely fewer at 17% stated their subsequent recreation can be VR-ready. Still, 71% imagine VR and AR are long-term sustainable companies, and even when that’s a slight drop from final 12 months’s 75%, it’s nonetheless a stable quantity of acknowledged assist for the platforms.