Game Developer Research just put out their “2008 State Of Game Development Survey.” Pretty interesting data on game developers here.

What are they working on?

  • 70% respondents are making computer games (PC, Mac)
  • 43% are console game developers
  • 28% are web game developers
  • 16% developing games for handhelds (DS, PSP)

Console Developers (some overlap)

  • 73% developing Xbox 360 games
  • 58% developing PlayStation 3 games
  • 42% developing Wii games
  • 15% developing PlayStation 2 games (still?)

DS/PSP

  • 75% developing for DS
  • 45% developing for PSP