GDC Europe ‘State of the Industry’ Survey Suggests VR is Sustainable in the Long-term

The most recent ‘State of the Industry’ survey from Europe’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) has shed some light on current trends in VR gaming. Although many European devs haven’t put VR games on the drawing table just yet, a majority say that the VR will provide them with a sustainable and long-term market.

GDC Europe recently released the results of their annual State of the Industry survey, and although VR isn’t on everyone’s mind just yet—with 73 percent of respondents saying “they weren’t working on VR games at all,” a good 22 percent said they were currently working on a game targeted towards Oculus’ new consumer version Rift.

It’s unclear if developers were allowed to choose multiple VR headsets for this specific question, with Samsung Gear VR only taking 7 percent, Sony Morpheus taking 6 percent, and SteamVR squeezing out a measly 3 percent when asked what VR headset they were targeting.

Although SteamVR’s HTC Vive scored low in regards to current projects underway, (see graphic above) 52 percent of respondents said they were excited about the future potential of Oculus, while a respectable 38 percent favored SteamVR.

With a resounding majority of 71 percent, European developers “believe VR is a long-term, sustainable market.” A strong vote of confidence from the second largest market in both DK1 and DK2 shipments worldwide.