Player harassment of developers highlighted as 'serious issue' in industry survey

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Topics covered in the 2023 State of the Game Industry survey included player harassment towards developers, with a number of responses in the poll stating it is a 'serious issue.'

). 13% voted to say they thought it was a"minor issue," with 4% saying it"isn't an issue," and 5% voting for"unsure.

The report also asked how the companies those who had experienced or witnessed harassment worked for had addressed the issue. 68% said their companies"addressed" the harassment —"either internally , externally , or both . One-fifth said no, while 11% were unsure." Individual comments from the survey takers were also shared in the report. One said,"Large companies seem to fear that their toxic players are their fanbase without appreciating that they are impacting much larger numbers of their actual fanbase," while another said “I’m a community manager, so it’s a part of the job, unfortunately... We need to recognize that behaviour when it happens, call it out, and set expectations that we are not going to allow it.

The survey covers a number of other topics, such as gender representation and social media. What do you make of the survey responses, and the comments about player harassment? Let us know in the comments.

 

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That’s the only way change will come

oh nooo what w gonna do now the poor poor devs

The deserve some of the harassment since they are too lazy to do there job

I wonder if the said releasing unfinished ,buggy, and sometimes broken games is a 'serious issue'? 🤔

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