
Up from last year's runner-up ranking on the Develop 100 list of the most successful game developers, Nintendo this year took the top spot while former titleholder Blizzard Entertainment plummeted to number 80. The current champ's most profitable release this past year was Wii Fit.
Eating the big N's pixellated dust are the rest of the top ten studios and their most successful titles: Infinity Ward (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2), EA Canada (FIFA 10), Ubisoft Montreal (Assassin's Creed II), Foundation 9 (F1 2009), Sega Studios Japan (Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games), Capcom (Resident Evil 5), Treyarch (Call of Duty: World at War),Yuke's (UFC 2009: Undisputed), and Level-5 (Professor Layton and the Curious Village).
The list is based on UK sales in the previous year and can be viewed in its entirety on the website along with a little piece about each company.
[source develop100.com]
Comments 16
How is Nintendo not #1 every year?
because World of Warcraft is even more of a money printer than Wii Fit.
but each person that goes into rehab costs it another £8 a month.
I love that Sega Studios comes in with a Mario game
High score.
Probably from game in former but It does reveiws of our games too.
79 Sora
Japan £3.86m
Haha, that's counting Brawl but it's funny to see a company being in the top 100 without releasing a game!
Cool!
@Droid: Maybe Sega should consider making more Mario games
@Iz.... Sega is acually starting to drop some great games. Bayonetta is one of the best hardcore releases of the year, Sonic Kart Racing, Alpha Protocol us upcoming and looks very promising.
Yay.
Huh, High Voltage (The Conduit) is at 98, and 5th Cell (Scribblenauts) is at 100. Props to Level 5 making #10 though.
Now if only Gaijin Games was on the list....
I hated Bayonetta... too much crotch for my liking, lol
Methinks it's because Blizzard didn't release a new WoW expansion in 2009. Expect them to skyrocket again this year when the new one hits.
I didn't know people liked layton so much, #10 isn't half bad for them.
"Blizzard Entertainment plummets to number 80."
Ouch.
But I do hate MMORPGsMiyamoto rumoured to plan purchase of monocle,and cane
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