Nintendo ranks fourth in Metacritic’s 2019 game publisher rankings

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News

Metacritic has published its tenth annual game publisher rankings based on titles released in 2019. Critic reviews were used here to determine the best and worst companies of the year.

Nintendo ranked third in 2019, earning an average Metascore of 80.0. Its Metascore actually rose close to four points year-over-year. 79 percent of Nintendo’s 2019 releases earned positive reviews, which is an increase of 65 percent from 2018. Switch titles Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Super Mario Maker 2 helped contribute to the Big N’s strong year.

Here’s a look at the top forty publishers as ranked by points:

1. 505 Games
2. Activision Blizzard
3. Nintendo
4. Paradox Interactive
5. Capcom
6. Annapurna Interactive
7. Xbox Game Studios
8. Humble Bundle
9. Square Enix
10. Devolver Digital
11. Focus Home Interactive
12. Take-Two Interactive
13. Electronic Arts
14. Ubisoft
15. Team17
16. Spike Chunsoft
17. Koei Tecmo
18. SEGA
19. Bandai Namco
20. Konami
21. Idea Factory
22. Sony
23. PQube
24. XSEED/Marvelous
25. tinyBuild
26. Iceberg Interactive
27. Koch Media
28. Digerati
29. THQ Nordic
30. Bethesda
31. NIS America
32. Daedlic Entertainment
33. QubicGames
34. Curve Digital
35. Plug In Digital
36. Ratalakia Games
37. Bigben
38. 1C Company
39. Headup Games
40. Merge Games

You can find more information on Metacritic here, including details on the points system.