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Europe’s game developers favor PC over iOS and Android

European developers are picking the PC as their target platform over mobile or console devices.

That’s one result from an annual European State of the Industry survey by GDC Europe, which is staging a big event in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 3 and Aug. 4. The survey of 250 European game professionals also showed that they’re favoring Android over iOS when they choose to make games for mobile devices. But more are working on PC games because games for that market sell for a higher price and aren’t as reliant on the free-to-play business model, and unlike mobile, PC gaming isn’t dominated by just a handful of companies like King and Supercell.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.