Company Revenues Change 1. More Rankings. Free Gaming Insights? Get our latest insights, reports, and updates straight to your inbox! Newzoo uses the information you provide to us to contact you about our relevant content and services. The smaller companies struggle, and even some top publishers are laying off employees. There may be some changes in the bottom five on this list year to year, but the top five are probably there to stay.
Source: Gung Ho Entertainment. This company has built its fortune in the online gaming market. It started business as a developer of an online auction site as a subsidiary of Japanese cell phone company Softbank. It has also acquired other game publishers since it purchased back shares from Softbank. Ubi Soft was originally a family-owned, mail order hardware and software business run from the suburbs of Paris. It was a family business whose members soon recognized the growing interest in PC games.
Ubi Soft developed some titles in-house that were successful in Europe but did not translate well overseas. Eventually, the company purchased rights to distribute other titles, which enabled them to buy Red Storm Games, the maker of a popular game based on the Tom Clancy novels. However, the company found success producing games for use on social media platforms like Facebook. One of the co-founders of King sold his ownership stake years before the company became one of the top earners.
From nostalgic card games to handheld consoles, Nintendo has perhaps the richest history out of all producers and publishers.
Its influence on the gaming industry as a whole has kept Nintendo relevant and thriving for more than a century. Bandai Namco is a Japanese multinational video game producer and publisher founded in through a merger of Namco Limited and Badai Games. Bandai Namco may fly under the radar in the Western hemisphere, but is actually the third-largest Japanese publisher behind Sony Interactive Entertainment and Nintendo.
Take-Two Interactive is an American video game holding company founded in It is the largest publisher in New York City, and one of the largest in the U.
Take-Two Interactive may not have as strong of brand recognition as other publishers, but its games are some of the highest-grossing and critically acclaimed in the world. Ubisoft is a French video game producer and publisher founded in Ubisoft is partially owned by both Tencent Games and EA, however, it still publishes games under its own umbrella.
In a quest to expand its dominance in the gaming industry, Vivendi Games steadily bought more shares of Ubisoft before a deal was signed in to strike down any potential takeover. Square Enix is a Japanese video game producer, publisher, and distributor founded in through a merger of Enix Corporation and SquareSoft.
Like EA, Square Enix and Disney reached a deal in for exclusive publishing rights to some titles. This move will continue to help Square Enix achieve success in the Western market. Konami is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate founded in Aside from producing and publishing video games, Konami is also a product distributor for casinos across the world cards, slot machines, arcade cabinets, and more.
Sega is a Japanese multinational video game producer and publisher founded in The Sega Genesis and Dreamcast consoles, however, have greatly struggled compared to its competition. Capcom is a Japanese video game producer and publisher founded in Only the gaming revenue is being taken into account for this ranking.
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