{"id":23255,"date":"2023-01-20T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T11:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/majority-of-game-devs-see-harassment-from-players-as-major-problem-survey-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T11:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T11:28:04","slug":"majority-of-game-devs-see-harassment-from-players-as-major-problem-survey-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/majority-of-game-devs-see-harassment-from-players-as-major-problem-survey-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of game devs see harassment from players as major problem, survey claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nA majority of game developers see harassment from players as a major problem for the industry.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s according to a new State of the Game 2023 survey from the Game Developers Conference and its affiliate Game Developer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOf the 2300 developers surveyed, 91 percent said player harassment and toxicity towards developers is an issue &#8211; 42 percent said it&#8217;s a &#8220;very serious&#8221; issue.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/majority-of-game-devs-see-harassment-from-players-as-major-problem-survey-claims\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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