Mobile vs. PC: 3 New Trends in Gaming Development

Written by jbarney | Published 2020/10/02
Tech Story Tags: mobile-gaming | pc-gaming | gaming-development | mobile-gaming-industry | pc-gaming-industry | gaming-industry | gaming | hackernoon-top-story

TLDRWhen it comes to video game development, gaming companies used to focus most of their attention on creating games that people can play on their PCs. Then, they would focus on consoles and consequently to other video game devices, until they reached smartphones. But as the popularity of mobile games gained traction, gaming companies are shifting their focus on developing mobile games. It also helps that in-app purchases on mobile games are a huge source of profit for many companies. This gives them more motivation to focus on developing mobile games. Data from WePC showed that mobile games are the highest revenue generator since 2017 with consoles coming in second and PCs in third. What’s more telling is that the percentages are declining for both PC and consoles while mobile games are rising. via the TL;DR App

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Written by jbarney | Video Game Writer
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/10/02