Trends in Game Development

Trends in Game Development

Introduction

In this article I will be explaining the current industry and marketing trends. In the second part I will be briefly writing about Financial Issues.

Current Market Trends

The current market trend is what gamers want to play and on which devices they would play it on. For example when Pokémon Go came out everyone who played it thought it was revolutionary as it used AR (Augmented Reality) to interact with the real world. So later this year (2017) or in the future we might see more games using AR. Another popular style of making the game feel realistic is VR (Virtual Reality) last year we saw a rise in the VR market as companies were bringing out VR headsets and VR supported games as VR was and still is popular. 

Types of Audiences

In the games industry companies create games to appeal to the audience and what’s popular at the time. But when developers create games they look at a certain type of audience and make a game that audience prefer. 

Upcoming Industry Trends

Upcoming trends are trends which are becoming more popular by the day, here are a few upcoming industry trends.

VR with friends rather than alone: Gamers and game devs have a key criticism about VR gaming its isolating. Companies are talking about making VR more social so you can play the same game with your friends.

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