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PC game development surges in Steam Deck handheld era — But don't count Xbox and PlayStation out (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In last year's survey, 66% of developers reported working on games for PC, while this year's number is significantly higher at 80%. In comparison, 38% of developers said they were working to put their game on PlayStation while 34% said they were developing for Xbox.

Now, GDC clarifies that "Steam Deck" was not specifically listed as a platform option in the survey. However, when answering which platforms they were developing for, 44% of respondents who chose "Other" did mention "the Steam Deck as a platform they’re interested in," which potentially shows a significant focus on Valve's handheld.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

the steam deck sits in a pretty decent position long term because the switch 2 has roughly similar performance levels as it. so developers would have double the reason to get a game working at said performance level.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They'll also have potentially more exposure, as many other companies have and will be coming out with SteamOS handhelds of their own. So if anyone had to choose, it might make more sense to skip the Switch 2.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Nintendo has moved over 140 million Switch consoles. The Switch 2 might become more, or less successful, but let's just conservatively assume they'll only sell half as many this time around.

Last time I checked, the entire Deck-like category amounted to some seven-digit number of sold devices. The idea that anyone targeting that level of performance is going to skip the Switch 2… is wildly unrealistic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Also dedicated gpus are getting expensive and I think PC gamers are going to need to game on integrated gpus as Ai will use all the dedicated ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I haven't used either switch but compared to the steam deck smoothness and versatility the software can't be that good