Rock, Paper, Shotgun

UPDATE: That’s enough responses, thanks! Survey finished.

Hello there. Once a year (although not last year, for some reason) we must ask you to help us with knowing stuff about who reads RPS. Hence, the quite important survey. This vital data is fed into the vast computer which controls the internet and the monster is thus soothed, stopping it from rising up in a frenzy of electronic tentacles and destroying the Earth for another year. Also, it helps with our hard-working gentleman being able to secure advertising and therefore keep operating the site! For both these incredible reasons it is quite important that you fill out the survey here, please. It’s so important that I am asking you do it immediately, no matter how important whatever else you might be doing on the internet actually is. Doing so will also secure our love. And that’s what’s really important about PC gaming, isn’t it?

I thought so.

Develop are reporting that a survey of 80 British game development studios shows that developers really don’t know what’s going to happen to gaming. Develop spake: “a quarter (24%) believe the demand for console games will decline over the next year. As much as 42 per cent, meanwhile, believe that PC games are in regression,” on the other hand it also shows “…32 per cent of UK developers expecting an increase in console games business, and 20 per cent expecting an increase for PC games.” Conclusion? Confusion!

At least they’re all certain about mobile and casual games, though: “Eighty-nine per cent believe said mobile games demand will climb, while 88 per cent claim the interest in casual games will continue to rise.” Are they right, or are they just wildly ticking boxes on a questionnaire before getting back tot he business of actually making games? We may never care know.