Game Developers Conference (GDC) shows increased interest in Switch.

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Chazore said:

JEMC said:

"5% Developers still think the Switch will sell less Worldwide than Wii U." - They're either trolling or are extremely out of touch with reality.

Good results for Switch and its games. Having a bit more than 1/3 of the devs interested in the platform is a good sign, and that 3/4 of its games perform good or very good is even better.

Xbox numbers surprise me. I thought they would be higher than Switch and almost on par with PS4 given how both share a lot of multiplats.

And good numbers for PC!

 

The bad news is that 1 out of 10 upcoming games will have loot boxes.

I'm starting to wonder if they have legit interest in PC for actual gaming, or general interest in PC because of the low development costs and free beta testers. 

I don't know.

This year looks like it is going to be pretty good for the PC platform, and Vulkan.
We should have Serious Sam 4 out this year, hopefully that really show what the platform can do.
Isn't Bethesda's new game rumored to come out this year, the mod scene will love that.
We will be getting the definitive version of Monster Hunter: World. that will likely do very well on Twitch.
Book of the Dead, if it comes out will show indie devs that they can make beyond console AAA games, on a tight budget.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDsRfbfnC_A

The there is Valve:
http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/robocalypse-now-using-deep-learning-to-combat-cheating-in-counter-strike-global-offensive/855023
This sounds interesting.

Well we know Valve is going to GDC 2018, hopefully they bring a few surprises too.
Hopefully we can see more of their latest Knuckles prototype, (maybe even a release date) and we may even see another Source 2 tech demo.