Poll Taken at GDC


Below is an excerpt from GDC's State of the game industry press release. The Nintendo Switch will see an influx of new indie games this year more then any other system. The reason behind this is because the Nintendo Switch has the best reception that any system has had! It is the most family friendly system out on the market and that is a plus. 1 out of 3 household at the moment has a Nintendo Switch in stock, and to be honest it can grow to that 1 out of 3 households will have 2 systems in the house because depending on the family size one may be for the adults while the other would be for the kids. 

Interest in making games for Nintendo’s Switch is rising fast
There’s a notable newcomer on that list of platforms: Nintendo’s new Switch console. It’s not quite a year old, but in last year’s survey 3 percent of respondents said they were already working on a Switch game, and 5 percent were planning to work on one in the future.
The future is now, and the results of this year’s survey suggest dev interest in the Switch is surging. 5 percent of survey respondents say their last released game is available on the Switch, 12 percent said they were currently making a game for the Switch, and 15 percent expected their next game would be made available on Nintendo’s new console.

1 in 3 devs thinks the Nintendo Switch is the most interesting console on the market
Sometimes, the console you’re most interested in has nothing to do with your current project. With that in mind we asked developers which platforms (if any) interest them most right now, and “PC” proved the most popular answer with 59 percent — followed by PlayStation 4/4 Pro (39 percent) and, close behind it, Nintendo Switch (36 percent).
This is a big deal for Nintendo, given that in our surveys respondents typically favor PC, mobile, PS4, and Xbox One. However, this year Switch surpassed Xbox and mobile in terms of developer interest; as mentioned,
36 percent of respondents said they were most interested in the Switch, while 30 percent said smartphones/tablets and 28 percent said Xbox One/One X.


Source: GDC State Of The Game Industry

With this information, I can say that the Nintendo Switch will have the best year that any console will have. I think that a lot of developers will jump on the idea. We have to see what happens. 

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