Game Developer Survey Shows That Nearly Half Of Devs Are Most Interested In The Switch

Give us REmake 2 and not a cloud based version please

Hardly surprising.

10% interest in table top games is interesting though.

@welshland Capcom: "Gotcha" ports PS1 original

How about a freakin direct ?

Of course none of this explains how many are the triple A big boys like EA and Activision.

Not saying we want those half baked fully monetised slot machine games, but it shows how 86% of statistics are complete lies.

The Sims 4 for Switch, EA !!

@KIRO More disturbing is the 33% on smartphone/tablet devices(more than XB1!) though....

How does that work? that total is 309%!!

@dew12333 You can want to do multiplatform

This actually looks nice but I wish there was less of a focus on mobile games and more on vr/ar

@dew12333
Well, developers can be interested in multiple platforms

I guess there are no PS5 questions....perhaps that will change the entired survey results...

@nhSnork
I know we've got Resi 1, 3 and 4 coming to the switch. I hope it's the REmake of 1 and the HD version of 4. I am buying all these when they're released, that's for sure

Looking forward to the next Direct, can’t wait.

Crysis trilogy 😁

@KIRO I assume that represents the developers who keep running into bugs and coding issues thinking "screw it! We're making a board game!"

@welshland we've got 1, 4 and 0 coming, to be precise - there hasn't been any announcement about 3, especially since it doesn't seem to have received an HD facelift yet. The aforementioned games, however, seem pretty safe to expect in HD.

@KIRO could be teaching you to suck eggs here but the tabletop gaming community has exploded in the last few years. It's amazing to see how the hobby has evolved and what is available nowadays. Long gone are the days of monopoly and cluedo.

Where's the direct Nintendo? It's your's for the taking.
"You're blowin' it man!"

Ah 1,4 and 0 - I won't be buying 0, played it back on the Cube and didn't rate it.
Looking forward to playing 1 & 4 again though lol

Interesting... Good to know this stuff.

@vanYth @MasterJay
I see the question reads as 'most interested' but also gave the option for more than one answer.

@Medic_alert Yeah. I can’t believe how bad it is. It was a fine minimum viable product at first but it no longer is and I bet Nintendo is losing a lot of money everyday with it being so poor.

I remember 2 year ago when that number was like 6%. My how things have changed in just 2 years.

@Kainbrightside Yeah, there's no doubt the console itself is awesome, now if Nintendo would just get a good line-up of games for it it would be unstoppable(and quit making mistakes a la MP4 delay).

Where's the direct nintendo? What are you doing with the money?

@purpleibby If Jerry Maguire was reshot In 2019 Tom Cruise would be jumping up and down and screaming: Show Me The Games

I'm surprised Augmented Reality games are at 20% and only 7% behind VR games. Apple and Microsoft are both backing AR so maybe that explains it.

But maybe Nintendo will also do AR on the next iteration of the Switch?

@Kainbrightside Here's the damn Animal Crossing again. To each their own, more power to ya....but man, I just don't know. Folks, what the hell is nintendo doing for the money? 3 games a month on NES that you don't get to keep, they're blowing up their worthless online service no one cares about. Top tier games going down the toilet. Someone needs to be fired. Switch is ROCKIN' IT, and they're trying to sell it with Animal Crossing. Where are the games?

@Lionyone well said!

@Kainbrightside

That was me and everyone I know too but now we all have Switches. Turns out we, and quite a few others it seems, under estimated the power of the indies and handheld mode.

@welshland

0,1 and 4

@purpleibby
Animal Crossing on Switch with gameplay features somewhat like combination of Dragon Quest Builders 2 & The Sims = Dream Comes True ! 😍

@Kainbrightside Daemon X Machina, Bayo 3, MP4(sadness, it better come for switch)...yes that's where my heart is. Doom Eternal for switch too, awesome.....we need a direct.

This is interesting ... if for no other reasons than previous Nintendo consoles have tended to fare poorly in this survey, even when they were selling well.

@welshland,

You will get what you are given and like it fella.

The problem I have with this is that most of these developpers aren't going to produce experiences that have a ton of production value. I don't hate indies, in fact, I've been replaying some of them way too many times already (hey, Rogue Legacy!) because they're really really good, but I can't live on indies alone. And even AAA publishers like Ubisoft and EA seeems to think that all Switch owner want is indies and smaller productions.

And this kind of leads me, somewhat, to have a much higher appreciation of rereleases of old games from past generations than I should have. I mean, right now, I find myself having more interests in older games that had good production values at the time, than modern ones feeling like experiences I could have on my mobile phone. Not saying the latter aren't fun, but I can't see myself having paid for a Switch to play smaller time wasters, as fun as they can be.

At least, Nintendo (and some third parties) are providing more substantial offerings, but these aren't coming fast enough for my tastes.

Where's the NintenDoomed fandom, where are you now? You talk as if you know better but the numbers show clearly you are the inside the box whiners. Look like Nintendo is doing just like they said they will keep coming and coming.

@johnvboy
Oh i'm sure I will like it John but not Resi 0 was super disappointed with that game when it first came out on the cube.

@welshland,

Me too,could not get into after the awesome original resi remake on the cube.

Great. More games coming.

Come on Square....release the Kingdom Hearts 1.5/2.5/2.8 HD Remixes on to the Switch and then announce a KH3 port for the Switch. They'd print ridiculous amounts of money.

I remember when they said they had 500 games in development for the Switch. 2 years of rehash and $15 games that are 2 steps away from a Mobile game later.

I'll hold celebrating till they Start making games that mostly matter. Almost at the start of year 3 and rehashed Darksiders is somehow news.

Smartphones/tablets lumped into just one category, and promting interest from only 33% of devs?

What a difference a decade makes!

Also, a more correct headline would mention Switch as just being "among the systems" that surveyed developers take most interest in. We just know that 45% of them checked the Switch box, but they likely also clicked on other systems, as the total tally here amounts to nothing short of 309%.

Also, quick numbers:

78% of devs that have released on Switch say themselves to have seen average or greater than average sales. Even if they get to go by their individual definition of "average", that is VERY promising.

At least if if we keep in mind that out of the whirlwind of games and apps to release on iOS and Android, more than 95% make no money at all.

They're probably mostly Indies, since the bigger companies are too dimwitted to take advantage of a successful new platform.

Numbers increasing year over year. Statistically, that shows an increasing interest all around, for games of all types. Big and small alike.

@Agramonte
Why would Darksiders not be news? Every game is news. That's... how people stay informed. It would be news on any platform. That's how communication works.

Calling it rehashed doesnt make the game any less amazing or fun to play, and doesnt make it any less appealing on Switch. Darksiders is amazing, and getting the first ever HD handheld hybrid version is a historical event for many fans of the series. I'm more excited for Darksiders 1 on Switch than I was for Darksiders 3 on a TV-bound console.

Games are games. Stop acting all high and mighty , always insulting Switch games as if they're lesser than. Theres plenty games to go around. And I'll take Darksiders on Switch just as much as I'll take any 1st party property. The original is a classic.

That's a big number for PC too.

This is great news. I thought it would still be mostly in the favour of XB1 and PS4

@JaxonH And to tons of people playing a game they already seen all the levels, bosses, enemy types and how the story ends is not fun at all. Only difference now is that they can not have fun playing it at home and on the GO. The logic makes no sense - it changes nothing to that person

Great if 45% of developers are thinking about the Switch. As long as that means that moving forward we get Darksiders 1, 2 and also the new 3 (and 4 if it ever comes out). SEGA gave us Valky1 but also Valky 4 for the rest of us who do not care to replay the first one again (or that playing a $15 indie is a substitute). I got it on Switch, because yes now I can have "fun" playing it at home and on the GO.

Wanting that option as much as possible on Switch is not "high and mighty" - it is literally what everyone takes for granted on every other platform.

@Agramonte
And... they dont have to play it then? Not every game has to be played by every single person.

I'm not interested in most games releasing on non hybrid systems, but I'm not complaining about them, saying "now I can not have fun playing a game with a ball and chain around my leg"

Theres nothing wrong with you "wanting that option". Want away. I'm there with you. Doesnt mean you need to belittle every other game in the process. There's plenty of people who haven't played Darksiders and will enjoy it MORE than Darksiders 3. And many who have played it who will still enjoy it a ton.

It's one thing to say "I'd love to have this". Its another to say "I only play games that have never released in the history of mankind, and I'm not interested in this gutter trash rehash regurgitated garbage only peasants would care about"

That's exactly what you're saying when you insult games coming to Switch. It's a portable Nintendo console that is considerably less powerful and released less than 2 years ago and needs to catch up on past games missed. Not the new PS5 that focuses on getting every single 3rd party game the day it releases. You want latest and greatest, sell your console now and play your PS4. Nobody here will mind. You want some great exclusives, tons of 7th gen classics getting their first ever handheld version, alongside a healthy smattering of various current gen games also going hybrid... and Switch is your daily fix. There's no right or wrong answer. But I can tell you now, 3DS never got Darksiders. Vita never got Darksiders. Switch getting Darksiders is an amazing triumph for gamers around the world, regardless of whether you personally care or not. There are people who would trade their left arm for a portable 360. Just that aspect alone could carry it to 80 million units.

So don't insult Darksiders coming to Switch. You already played Darksiders 3 anyways, so either way, it would be a game "you already played". Which means Darksiders 1 should be no less important than the 3rd.

But...but the Switch naysayers are always saying how 3rd party games do bad on Switch. 😜

And yeah, PS4 and XB1 got the same "rehashed" Darksiders game last year. But "rehashes" are fine on those systems amirite?

Nice to see the 360 get some representation. Too bad that 2% is EA with Fifa and Ubisoft with Just Dance but sill

I’m waiting for some big AAA game announcements already. What’s taking so long, the Switch is clearly a sucess. Even if it’s just an announcement, I’d love to hear some big name publishers say they have games in the works at least.

@nhSnork Me: Okay! (throws money at Capcom)

This indie, AAA, or both? Local to one specific region (e.g. US only) or worldwide? Just trying to pin down what to expect...

@JaxonH I don't buy them - that is the point. If you take them off the schedule - it all thins out and my Switch sits on my desk. Why those 43% hopefully translate to new IP on Switch.

Well I want to use my $300 "hybrid console" also. And nobody is insulting "Switch games"... all those compilations have been out on PC and PlayStation also. I don't own them on those either.

I already played Dragon Quest also - but super glad to see it still coming out on Switch. At a minimum if they announce all 3 gives hope they taking the Switch seriously and not just a dumping ground for their old games.