Overview
- The Gamescom Dev speaker survey published this week found 83% of the 100 respondents expect AI to affect team structure or productivity over the next three years.
- Respondents were split on how AI will change jobs with 36% saying roles will shift, 33% expecting smaller teams, 14% predicting higher per‑person output, and 17% expecting no workforce reductions.
- Views on acceptable AI use vary sharply as 34% see the most value in AI for code and production while about 30% want minimal AI involvement in game development.
- More than half of speakers named economic uncertainty the biggest industry challenge and many pointed to market saturation and discoverability problems that they say require clearer platform algorithms and better storefront curation.
- A plurality of respondents (37%) said smaller, leadership‑driven teams are the biggest opportunity and they warned that rising hardware costs and expensive AI models could slow broad adoption and concentrate advantage with better‑funded studios.