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[kurisu_1974]

The mlost valuable (to me) is konami, with metal gear and silent hill

Was going to post this too. Castlevania, Metal Gear, Suikoden, Silent Hill, Gradius, ....

 

[NickFire]

I guessed Activision Blizzard.

Reasons for my (pure) guess: I think the annualized releases of COD, combined with the non-COD money may edge out Take 2's combined offerings. And while loot boxes in 2k, Madden and FiFa were hard to ignore, they probably come with massive costs for the pubs for licensing on tops of the 30% platform cuts. Sony has massive games, but I think that right now losing COD would be more detrimental than any particular first party franchise if I'm being honest. And while I was tempted to say Nintendo, I just don't see their IP making bank on micro-transactions the same way COD (or sports games do). The licensing for toys definitely offsets some of that though.

 

[Pejo]

I mean this isn't really an opinion. Pokemon is #1, which is licensed/published by Nintendo. Even if you aren't including non-videogame stuff, it's still Nintendo. I saw this very graph in a GAF thread like a year or two ago:

(quoting because it's a big mfin' picture)

 

[tusharngf]

Kings is bigger than everything else just saying. Candy Crush is no joke along with call of duty.

 

[Brigandier]

Nintendo by a landslide then ABK then T2.

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

Atari

 

[Holammer]

With the decades of Pokemon games and merchandising, it's not controversial to select Nintendo.
For #2, it's a close race between Microsoft, Sony, EA, ABK & Take 2. MS might come on top because of Minecraft.

 

[TheOtherGuy]

Nintendo and it's not even close by any metric.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

it’s gotta be GTA, right? The monetization really puts it over the top versus Nintendo.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

So easy, Nintendo, BY FAR.

 

[Naked Lunch]

I could give 2 shits about money value.

For value for me, personally, its:
F-Zero [Nintendo]
Metal Gear [Konami]
Panzer Dragoon, Sega Rally, and OutRun [Sega]

Too bad nothing (new) is happening with any of them.

 

[wvnative]

Nintendo
EA
Ubisoft

Going by number of popular IP per publisher. Take 2 really only has GTA. Activision only has call of duty. Microsoft could be up there but I feel gears and halo are declining.

I'm only accounting for console games and non licensed properties.

 

[TexMex]

Yeah definitely Duke Nukem and Goat Simulator

 

[Rush2112]

What's the point in knowing the answer? Buying stocks? They all make more money than you will ever see. That ain't enough?

 

[ThatStupidLion]

The one with a theme park

 

[In Cold Blood]

Does Sony not have Spider-Man?

No, same goes for FIFA or Star Wars games.

 

[In Cold Blood]

Mario, zelda, Pokémon, donkey kong. Nintendo are like Disney in gaming

You forget about old Donkey Kong.

 

[Arsic]

EA currently holds the licensing for major sports titles. Those games all come out yearly with the ultimate team modes generating insane revenue. I know it isn’t technically one IP but ultimate team prints money…

 

[StereoVsn]

If we are talking IP, probably Disney.

In this case though it's Nintendo. We aren't discussing game revenues for which Take2 or ACB would be huge but overall IP.

Nintendo has theme parks, merchandising to the wazoo, movies, cartoons, card games and so on. Even with all the crazy cash CoD or GTA Online bring in, it's not even close.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

The world's most profitable media franchise of all time is Pokemon

So the correct answer here was Nintendo even though they aren't full owners

 

[DeepEnigma]

Nintendo. They can start a Disney-like venture with theirs.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

I would say Sony, just for the sheer breadth of their IPs.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Nintendo
EA
Ubisoft

Going by number of popular IP per publisher. Take 2 really only has GTA. Activision only has call of duty. Microsoft could be up there but I feel gears and halo are declining.

I'm only accounting for console games and non licensed properties.

Activision also has Warcraft, Candy Crush, Overwatch, Crash, Spyro, and Diablo. ABK is huge.

 

[Spitfire098]

The one whose animated movie just made a billion.

 

[Mokus]

By far Nintendo. With their IPs they can milk the fan base even better Apple (IMO).

 

[wvnative]

Activision also has Warcraft, Candy Crush, Overwatch, Crash, Spyro, and Diablo. ABK is huge.

I honestly forgot about the blizzard side, since those games don't interest me. That's a fair point.

I didn't mention crash or spyro as i really don't consider them massive, despite my love for them. Activision appears uninterested in further investing in Spyro.

 

[killatopak]

Pokemon

 

[kvltus lvlzvs]

Pokemon alone is worth roughly the 3 next entries on the list combined, and one of those next 3 is Mario.

 

[mdkirby]

Take 2 has the heavy hitter but Nintendo has it more spread out over a couple of very big IP´s

Nah, its not even close, the OP said valuable IP, not just game sales/microtransactions. The IP includes everything, from cuddly toys, to theme park rides, to movies, and games. Nintendo absolutely crush it on that as Pokemon is the most valuable of all 'media' franchises (including from non-gaming first companies like Disney)

The Top 50 Highest-Grossing Video Game Franchises | TitleMax

Find out what are the best-selling video game franchises of all time! From Minecraft to The Legend of Zelda to Mario, we’ve taken a closer look.

www.titlemax.com

If Microsoft ever bought Disney tho, then it would leapfrog them to the top.

 

[Fabieter]

Overall Nintendo

 

[Three]

I mean this isn't really an opinion. Pokemon is #1, which is licensed/published by Nintendo. Even if you aren't including non-videogame stuff, it's still Nintendo. I saw this very graph in a GAF thread like a year or two ago:

(quoting because it's a big mfin' picture)

It's debatable. Some here are listing companies with the most valuable IPs rather than talking about the publisher with the most valuable IP.

Even just concentrating on a single IP (how I interpreted the question) there is the issue that Pokemon is owned by The Pokemon Company and not directly just Nintendo. A lot (the vast majority) of the value in Pokemon comes from merchandising too and not Nintendo published games. so without including "non-videogame stuff" it's not that valuable at all. As a published game it doesn't make a lot of money but as a franchise with merchandising like Hello Kitty it's massive.

So it all depends on how "which publisher has the most valuable IP" is interpreted.

 

[Pejo]

It's debatable. Some here are listing companies with the most valuable IPs rather than talking about the publisher with the most valuable IP.

Even just concentrating on a single IP (how I interpreted the question) there is the issue that Pokemon is owned by The Pokemon Company and not directly just Nintendo. A lot (the vast majority) of the value in Pokemon comes from merchandising too and not Nintendo published games. so without including "non-videogame stuff" it's not that valuable at all. As a published game it doesn't make a lot of money but as a franchise with merchandising like Hello Kitty it's massive.

So it all depends on how "which publisher has the most valuable IP" is interpreted.

That's why I mentioned that even if you ignore non-game stuff, it's still Nintendo, because Mario is the biggest pure "video game IP" on that list, coming in at 30~ billion, if you'd have just scrolled down the image a few ticks.

 

[Three]

That's why I mentioned that even if you ignore non-game stuff, it's still Nintendo, because Mario is the biggest pure "video game IP" on that list, coming in at 30~ billion, if you'd have just scrolled down the image a few ticks.

Good point, I thought you were referring to nonvideogame stuff for pokemon.

I think continually COD does more though and reached $30B over a shorter lifetime:

Call of Duty hits $30 billion revenue milestone as Warzone continues to boom - Dexerto

As Warzone continues to reach new levels of success, Call of Duty revenue has crossed $30 billion for the series as a whole.

www.dexerto.com