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Metacritic just released their 9th annual games publisher rankings.
Here are the details of how they calculated the rankings:
Here are the top 13 major publishers of 2018 (with average metacritic score):
1 Capcom 79.3
2 Sega 78.5
3 Electronic Arts 77.5
4 Nintendo 76.4
5 Ubisoft 73.7
6 Sony 71.8
7 Square Enix 71.0
8 Bandai Namco Games 71.8
9 Digerati Distribution 69.9
10 NIS America 69.5
11 Plug In Digital 69.4
12 Focus Home Interactive 69.8
13 THQ Nordic 64.4
Here are the details of how they calculated the rankings:
RANKING OF MAJOR PUBLISHERS (12 OR MORE RELEASES)
We divided publishers into two separately ranked groups, based on the number of titles released during the previous calendar year. Our first group consists of the most active companies who each published 12 or more distinct titles (with Metascores) during 2018. The remaining "mid-size" publishers, detailed further down the page, each released between 5-11 distinct titles last year. Publishers with 4 or fewer distinct titles are excluded.
We have ranked these publishers in order from best overall game quality to worst, using a formula based on four factors:
We divided publishers into two separately ranked groups, based on the number of titles released during the previous calendar year. Our first group consists of the most active companies who each published 12 or more distinct titles (with Metascores) during 2018. The remaining "mid-size" publishers, detailed further down the page, each released between 5-11 distinct titles last year. Publishers with 4 or fewer distinct titles are excluded.
We have ranked these publishers in order from best overall game quality to worst, using a formula based on four factors:
- Average Metascore for all games released in 2018
- % of scored products with good reviews (Metascore of at least 75)
- % of scored products with bad reviews (49 or lower; in this case, a lower % is better)
- Number of "great" titles (Metascore of 90 or higher, min. 7 reviews)
Here are the top 13 major publishers of 2018 (with average metacritic score):
1 Capcom 79.3
2 Sega 78.5
3 Electronic Arts 77.5
4 Nintendo 76.4
5 Ubisoft 73.7
6 Sony 71.8
7 Square Enix 71.0
8 Bandai Namco Games 71.8
9 Digerati Distribution 69.9
10 NIS America 69.5
11 Plug In Digital 69.4
12 Focus Home Interactive 69.8
13 THQ Nordic 64.4
1 Bethesda Softworks 79.9
2 Nintendo 78.0
3 Sega 75.5
4 Activision Blizzard 75.7
5 Capcom 76.6
6 Ubisoft 75.4
7 Sony 74.9
8 Square Enix 73.6
9 Bandai Namco 73.0
10 Koei Tecmo Games 69.7
11 NIS America 68.2
12 Telltale Games 70.9
2 Nintendo 78.0
3 Sega 75.5
4 Activision Blizzard 75.7
5 Capcom 76.6
6 Ubisoft 75.4
7 Sony 74.9
8 Square Enix 73.6
9 Bandai Namco 73.0
10 Koei Tecmo Games 69.7
11 NIS America 68.2
12 Telltale Games 70.9
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