Sunday, 27 March 2011

Top Video Game Publishers

Nintendo
Revenue: ¥1.43 trillion
Net income: ¥229 billion
Notable IPs: Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Metroid, F Zero, Pikmin, Pokemon and more.
Origins: Starting as a playing card company in 1889, Nintendo has since developed into one of the largest and most important videogame companies in the world.
Based in: Japan, but has sectors in American and Eurpoe.

Electronic Arts
Revenue: $3.654 billion
Net income: $677 million
Notable IPs: Battlefield, Dead Space, Rockband, Mass Effect,
The Sims, Burnout and More.
Origins: Starting as just a Publisher in 1982, the company moved to start
developing their own games.
Based in: America, but has sectors in Canada and Europe.

Activision Blizzard
Revenue: $4.447 billion
Net income: $418 million
Notable IPs: World of Warcraft, Guitar Hero, Spyro The Dragon, Call of Duty,
Starcraft and more.
Origins: Created by a merger between the two american games companies,
Blizzard entertainment and Activision in 2008.
Based in: Amrican, but has sectors in Canada and the UK

Ubi Soft
Revenue: €971 million
Net income: €89.8 million
Notable IPs: Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Rayman, Myst, Prince of Persia.
Origins: Founded as a game publisher in 1986 by five brothers of the
Gullimot Family.
Based in: France, but has sectors in America, the UK and the rest of Eurpoe.

Take-Two Interactive
Revenue: $968.5 million
Net income: $137.9 million
Notable IPs: Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Bioshock, Civilisation.
Origins: Founded in 1999 as Jumpstart Entertainment by Strauss Zelnick

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