Developers are consolidating around fewer mobile platforms, in grim news for platforms seeking developer traction, according to VisionMobile's "State of the Developer Nation Q3 2014" report, which tracks mobile developers and the app economy.
The average number of platforms targeted by a developer has fallen from 2.9 platforms a year ago to 2.5 platforms in the company's first-quarter report to 2.2 platforms in this survey: "If we exclude games developers, the average number of platforms targeted is just 1.75 with 43 percent of those only targeting one platform."