"According to the most recent survey from the Game Developers Conference, 52 percent of respondents said that gen AI is having a "negative" impact on the games industry, versus just 7 percent who viewed the technology as "positive." Perhaps most startling is how the negative outlook has grown over the years: in 2024, just 18 percent of those surveyed viewed the tech as a negative, and that number jumped to 30 percent in 2025. Now it's up to more than half."
"GDC surveyed 2,300 "game industry professionals" to get these results, and the demographics are primarily male (64 percent), white (67 percent), and based in the United States (54 percent). The organizers admit that this makeup is "far from truly representative of the global community, and we know more work is needed." (You can check out the full report right here.)"
Generative AI is being adopted at various levels of game development, but developer sentiment has shifted sharply negative. Fifty-two percent of surveyed professionals say gen AI has a negative impact, while only seven percent view it positively. Negative perceptions rose from 18 percent in 2024 to 30 percent in 2025 and now exceed half of respondents. The Game Developers Conference surveyed 2,300 game industry professionals, whose demographics skew male, white, and U.S.-based. Organizers acknowledge the sample is not fully globally representative, while the results nonetheless reveal meaningful developer concerns about AI's role in the industry.
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