2025 Publisher Ranking Shows Sony Near Last, Square Enix, Capcom At Top
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Metacritic's 2025 Game Publisher Rankings reveal Square Enix at the top for the first time in 16 years, with 9 releases all rated good or great.
- Nintendo, despite launching the Switch 2 and releasing 18 games, ranked outside the top 10 with only 68% of its games rated good or great.
- Ubisoft and Xbox outperformed both Nintendo and PlayStation, with Xbox benefiting from the inclusion of Activision, Blizzard, and Bethesda titles in the rankings.
- PlayStation ranked 21st out of 28 publishers, with its highest-rated game being The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered on PC, reflecting a challenging year for Sony's new releases.
- Other notable top performers include Capcom, Gamirror Games, and Thunderful, all maintaining high percentages of critically praised games in their portfolios.
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