Metacritic has published its 15th annual game publisher rankings, which ranks various game publishers by their average critic review scores for 2024.
This time, Nintendo has placed 22nd in the rankings out of the 37 listed publishers, with an average Metascore of 76 across the 13 games they released that year. This would be considered a “Generally Favorable” score, but this is the lowest Nintendo has placed in Metacritic’s rankings so far.
This result is perhaps unsurprising, given that 2024 was a more quiet year for Nintendo without any major breakout hits aside from the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake, Super Mario Party, and The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom.
On the other hand, in an amusing twist, Nintendo’s former biggest rival SEGA snagged the Number 1 spot this year, with an 82.9 across the 12 games they released in 2024. Other publishers in the upper echelon of the rankings include Capcom, Microsoft, and Sony.
You can check out the full list below:
Ranking Publisher 37 Fulqrum Publishing 36 Nacon/Daedalic 35 PQube 34 Perp Games 33 THQ Nordic 32 Humble Games 31 Atari 30 Maximum Entertainment 28 (tie) Secret Mode 28 (tie) 3D Realms 27 Bandai Namco 26 Team17 25 Konami 24 NIS America 23 Electronic Arts 22 Nintendo 21 Super Rare Games 20 Plaion 19 Idea Factory 18 Ubisoft 17 ININ Games 16 Red Art Games 15 Digital Eclipse 14 Plug In Digital 13 Devolver Digital 12 Take-Two Interactive 11 Kepler Interactive 10 Annapurna Interactive 9 Microsoft 8 Raw Fury 6 (tie) Square Enix 6 (tie) Gamera Games 5 Focus Entertainment 4 Sony 3 Aksys Games 2 Capcom 1 SEGA
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