Poll Shows Majority Of Game Devs Worry About Live-Service Sustainability

Hayley Williams
4/18/2024

A new survey of working game developers has revealed that a large number of devs have concerns about the sustainability of the live-service game model, even as some major publishers continue to redouble efforts in that area.The survey was undertaken by the Game Developer Collective, a panel of over 600 developers created in a collaboration between Game Developer, analyst firm Omdia, and GDC. Of those surveyed, 39% indicated they were "somewhat concerned" about live-service business models, while 31% were "very concerned." Only 29% answered that they either had no concern or weren't sure.When the developers who indicated mild or moderate concern were questioned further about their specific worries about the business model, 63% said they were worried about players losing interest in the game, while 62% were concerned about competition from other games. Other major concerns included rising user-acquisition costs and rising development costs.Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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