Game Developer Research's 'Top 20 Publishers 2009' stays the same
The industry analysts at Game Developer Research could have saved themselves a whole mess of time and money by releasing the following statement in lieu of the latest edition of their annual Top 20 Publishers report: "See previous year." Differentiation from last year's top five ranks -- which, let's be honest, are the only ones you really care about -- is almost non-existent: Nintendo placed first (again), EA came in second (again), Activision Blizzard followed in third (again), Ubisoft retained its fourth place position (again), and Take-Two moved up from sixth to fifth, bumping Sony out of the top five.
The full, totally unsurprising list -- which was calculated based on number of games released, average review scores for said games and estimated revenue for each company -- can be found after the jump. Comments stating why Publisher A is still infinitely better than Publisher B can be found further below.
[Via Gamasutra]
Nintendo
Electronic Arts
Activision Blizzard
Ubisoft
Take-Two
Sony Computer Entertainment
Bethesda Softworks
THQ
Square Enix
Microsoft
Konami
Sega
Capcom
MTV Games
Namco Bandai Games
Warner Bros. Interactive
Disney Interactive
Atari
Atlus
LucasArts