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[GhostOfTsu]

We were told this is the most important and prestigious award. Congrats Sony!

Metacritic's 13th Annual Game Publisher Rankings

We reveal the past year's best and worst video game publishers (based on their 2022 releases) in the 13th edition of our annual Game Publisher Rankings.

www.metacritic.com

13th Annual Game Publisher Rankings - At a Glance

www.metacritic.com

 

[Punished Miku]

We were told this is the most important and prestigious award.

Its a cumulative look at MC scores. Its equally valid every year. Its just looking at scores from all the sites and all their games. Why anyone had an issue with this is obvious.

If you guys actually read the article its well done. Has a paragraph for all 45 listed and explains how they rank it.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[drganon]

The other thread get nuked?

 

[PropellerEar]

 

[mrmustard]

We already have this thread.

 

[RagnarokIV]

I miss Sony. Seems now they only make Ubisoft games.

Something changed during the PS4 gen.

 

[Dick Jones]

The other thread get nuked?

Seriously? Holy fuck. Its the most pointless award in gaming. Who is angry that a shit award was awarded that anyone with common sense would ignore.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

The other thread get nuked?

I didn't see it in the first 2 pages. That's weird it was nuked?

We already have this thread.

Link?

 

[mrmustard]

I didn't see it in the first 2 pages. That's weird it was nuked?

Link?

Seems to be deleted, guess because it also had that 2021 ptsd intro,

 

[Punished Miku]

Seriously? Holy fuck. Its the most pointless award in gaming. Who is angry that a shit award was awarded that anyone with common sense would ignore.

Its literally just a MC cumulative score. Everyone discusses MC.

 

[Hendrick's]

Seriously? Holy fuck. Its the most pointless award in gaming. Who is angry that a shit award was awarded that anyone with common sense would ignore.

 

[Dick Jones]

Its literally just a MC cumulative score. Everyone discusses MC.

Listen that's fine to compare scores of similar games/genres to get an idea of the next game to get. To get so worked up on a made up metacritic best publisher award that the talk is so toxic it's nuked is mental.

 

[ReBurn]

Thread 2: Electric Boogaloo

Sony had a good year last year. They deserve it.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Where can you see the list of releases?

 

[Dick Jones]

Thread 2: Electric Boogaloo

Sony had a good year last year. They deserve it.

I'll be back discussing this at
Thread 4: Citizens on Patrol

Spoiler

Yes I did make a Police Academy joke in 2023

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Thread 2: Jims Ryans Testicle Hub

 

[EverydayBeast]

Sony is throwing you AAA games it's easy to give them awards for god of war, last of us, horizon etc.

 

[splattered]

Well deserved, MS dropped the ball last year and Sony delivered.

 

[nial]

I miss Sony. Seems now they only make Ubisoft games.

Trolling?

 

[Topher]

 

[SteelCurtain 59]

I was told this doesn't matter

 

[Adam_802]

lol

 

[Spitfire098]

Ah man I missed the other thread. I wanted to laugh at all the salty remarks. Anways, 22 meta critic award >>> any other year.

I was told this doesn't matter

Weird, I was told it does matter.

 

[Kvally]

I don't see why it wouldn't matter. Metacritic Awards, Oscars, JD Power. They all exist because it matters to some people. It matters to the developers, writers, actors, publishers, manufacturers. The corporation that I work for tries very hard to win the highest awards in the company. To be the best that we can be. If it doesn't matter to you, that's cool. But it does matter to many others.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

 

[RagnarokIV]

Trolling?

No.
Horizon, Days Gone, God Of War, Ghost Of Tsushima, Spider-Man, Miles Morales and so on. It's all map icon games now. Like Ubisoft but mental blockbuster budgets behind them.

I miss SOCOM, Parappa the rapper, Killzone, Jak and Daxter, Ape Escape, MotorStorm and so on.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

No.
Horizon, Days Gone, God Of War, Ghost Of Tsushima, Spider-Man, Miles Morales and so on. It's all map icon games now. Like Ubisoft but mental blockbuster budgets behind them.

I miss SOCOM, Parappa the rapper, Killzone, Jak and Daxter, Ape Escape, MotorStorm and so on.

VR2 games, Gran Turismo 7, Returnal, Sackboy, Astrobot, Demon's Souls, TLOU, Concrete Genie and plenty of other experiences that have nothing to do with "map icon games" or Ubisoft...

edit: Ratchet & Clank. The Factions game that will be released in the future, etc...

 

[Walter Matthau]

Sega does what Nintendon't by being in the top 10

 

[DrFigs]

No.
Horizon, Days Gone, God Of War, Ghost Of Tsushima, Spider-Man, Miles Morales and so on. It's all map icon games now. Like Ubisoft but mental blockbuster budgets behind them.

I miss SOCOM, Parappa the rapper, Killzone, Jak and Daxter, Ape Escape, MotorStorm and so on.

god of war doesn't really fit on that list. it's pretty linear

 

[nial]

No.
Horizon, Days Gone, God Of War, Ghost Of Tsushima, Spider-Man, Miles Morales and so on. It's all map icon games now. Like Ubisoft but mental blockbuster budgets behind them.

I miss SOCOM, Parappa the rapper, Killzone, Jak and Daxter, Ape Escape, MotorStorm and so on.

Horizon, Ghosts and Spider-Man are not the only games published by SIE, also GOW????
It seems that absolutely everyone who says this NEVER takes at look at their entire first-party lineup and only knows the most popular and highly marketed games.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sony_Interactive_Entertainment_video_games

 

[TheGodfather07]

Classic Microsoft consistency. Number 1 the previous year but nowhere to be seen the next.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Xbox officially doesn't have games according to Metacritic.

 

[Captain Toad]

I miss Sony. Seems now they only make Ubisoft games.

Something changed during the PS4 gen.

CatLady likes this post. Shocked!

 

[tmlDan]

I miss Sony. Seems now they only make Ubisoft games.

Something changed during the PS4 gen.

yea, I cant wait for Ubisoft's Baseball game or Ubisoft's Returnal or Ubisofts GoW or Ubisofts driving Sim.

Looking forward to them, maybe in an alternate universe they will come out.

 

[KimDongHwan]

No.
Horizon, Days Gone, God Of War, Ghost Of Tsushima, Spider-Man, Miles Morales and so on. It's all map icon games now. Like Ubisoft but mental blockbuster budgets behind them.

I miss SOCOM, Parappa the rapper, Killzone, Jak and Daxter, Ape Escape, MotorStorm and so on.

I have the same feeling, it seems there was much more variety back then. LittleBigPlanet,

 

[TheGodfather07]

Xbox officially doesn't have games according to Metacritic.

Microsoft don't qualify because they didn't even release the minimum amount needed. All those acquisitions, biggest 1st party but least amount of games.. this year, their lineup is filled with Bethesda games. A formerly 3rd party publisher. What would they have had without them? Absolutely awful management and strategy from Microsoft here.

 

[Kvally]

I would love to see this whole COD going exclusive to Xbox light up Sony's ass and bring back SOCOM. SOCOM would be a better game than COD. Well, it still is.

 

[tmlDan]

I have the same feeling, it seems there was much more variety back then. LittleBigPlanet,

Did you forget about sackboy? LBP still exists...and they release new skins often

 

[Kvally]

their lineup is filled with Bethesda games

• Redfall - Bethesda
• Age of Empires IV for Xbox - Relic Entertainment/Worlds Edge
• Starfield - Bethesda
• Forza Motorsport - Turn 10
• Hi-Fi Rush - Bethesda
• Minecraft Legends - Mojang

This year, Sony's line up is filled with Insomniac and Bungie Games

• Spider-Man 2
• Destiny 2 DLC Lightfall

 

[CatLady]

CatLady likes this post. Shocked!

No, this is the one I liked.

Thread 2: Electric Boogaloo

Sony had a good year last year. They deserve it.

I may not be a huge fan of Sony games but a ton of other gamers are. They had a great year with a lot of very popular, high scoring 1st party games and it seemed pretty obvious they were a lock for publisher of the year.

 

[3liteDragon]

I would love to see this whole COD going exclusive to Xbox light up Sony's ass and bring back SOCOM. SOCOM would be a better game than COD. Well, it still is.

CoD players like me were already hurt enough & Epic decided to rub salt on the wound yesterday.

 

[Kvally]

CoD players like me were already hurt enough & Epic decided to rub salt on the wound yesterday.

I wish we could have a sad emoji.

 

[itsjustJEFF]

Trolling?

preemptive disappointment for when PlayStation goes all LiveService...

 

[baphomet]

Microsoft not releasing enough games to meet the criteria to be considered a publisher.

 

[itsjustJEFF]

I would love to see this whole COD going exclusive to Xbox light up Sony's ass and bring back SOCOM. SOCOM would be a better game than COD. Well, it still is.

Objectively, I think Xbox and PlayStation can absolutely make a better Multiplayer FPS game. Some believe they already have, at least Xbox with HALO. It's the "pull" on the casuals that COD has that will be very difficult to challenge. No matter how "bad" some COD releases are it still does numbers and pulls in the "casuals" its like ingrained in their brains that it's the multiplayer FPS you "have to buy." I think there's something about the accessibility of COD, the ease of playing it... or something.

 

[Flutta]

 

[Kvally]

It was kinda fun going back to read this:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/metacritic-publisher-of-the-year-award-goes-to.1632088/page-4

 

[TheAssist]

Honestly, way to go for Paradox and Focus.
Especially the latter was known for their "Focus junk".

 

[TheGodfather07]

• Age of Empires IV for Xbox - Relic Entertainment/Worlds Edge
• Forza Motorsport - Turn 10
• Minecraft Legends - Mojang

This year, Sony's line up is filled with Insomniac and Bungie Games

• Spider-Man 2
• Destiny 2 DLC Lightfall

Thanks for proving my point. Just look at the lineup without Bethesda. Forza, Minecraft and age of Empires. The managment is shambolic.