The Top 5: game publishers of all time

This week the Gamer Horizon crew lists The Top 5: game publishers of all time. Sit back, it may be a bumpy and surprising ride.

[Riderz1337]

I really love the games SCE publishes. I mean I know I'm a Sony fanboy and all but even if I wasn't I would still think the games they publish are amazing.

They had so many brand new, amazing IP's in 2013 alone. Last of Us, Beyond two souls, Puppeteer, Tearaway etc. All great games, all published by SCE.

[fattyuk]

Anybody who can't respect what SCE have achieved in investment in game development really needs to look twice at was has been offered on console gaming in the last 15years.

Regardless of being a fanboy or not,the sheer amount and quality IPs produced on the playstation platform is quite simply breathtaking and unique.

[ATiElite]

The factual Order!

1. Activision
2. Electronic Arts
2. Ubisoft
4. Nintendo
5. Sony Computer Entertainment

1. Activsion - No ONE and I mean NO one has transformed, innovated, and dominated video game publishing like Activsion has. Sure at times we may not like them but they have been the Dominate publisher since video Games were invented. Working across ALL platforms with a roster of hit and innovative games.

Everytime Ubisoft or EA seeks to take the lead Activison changed the GAME COMPLETELY!

Pitfall, Chopper Command, Tony Hawk Quake Series, Guitar Hero and Activision currently has the two biggest franchises in video game History ever, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft make more money than most publishers entire roster.

(Blizzard is the publisher but they fall under Activision)

2. Electronic Arts and Ubisoft --- have also been here since day one and have more hits than Activision but these two companies are more so follow the leader (Activision) and just be huge slow jugernauts that still dominate but have a hard time keeping up when Activision makes an innovative move.

4. Nintendo - Nintendo Games are why we buy Nintendo products. We all know the History and quality of Nintendo publishing from card games to Hardware. Nintendo publishing will be around when their hardware dies off.

5. Sony Computer Entertainment - has been faithful to the Nintendo Benchmark and Sony brings to the table some amazing i.p.s. If the system specs were the exact same SOny Publishing and it's Exclusives give it the edge as you know quality and innovative games will be on a Sony system.

As someone who has played Video games since the beginning of time Activision has always been the lead major player. Mass appeal product Better marketing the Right Hit titles and just a huge money maker.

I mean say Activision and immediately Pittfall, River Raid, and Chopper Command come to mind. Activision had 3 big hits before EA/Ubisoft could crank out one.

[BlakHavoc]

Someone's a jrpg fan lol, hopefully we'll start to see this genre make instant classics again this gen.

[dcj0524]

Love me a good JRPG.

[from the beach]

Nintendo and Sega... Capcom, Ubisoft, etc.

[Alex_Boro]

Not Sega. They haven't put out a decent game in years.

[DCfan]

Valkyra Chronicles, Resonance of fate, Binary Domain, Yakuza series.
Or is it because their games aren't fps??

[DCfan]

Atlus
NISA
Aksys
SCE
Sega (Sure their localization is... non-existent at times, but they made some of the best games of all time, Yakuza)

[GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME]

NAUGHTY DOOOOOOOOOOG!!!!!

[fattyuk]

I thought naughty dog were developers, you know because they develop the games? And this topic is about publishers

[SonyStyled]

a mistake that wouldnt have been made if he bothered to read the article

[GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME]

NAAAUUTYY DOOOOOOOOG!!!!

[Tdmd]

Faaaaaaaaaaaaail! lol

[Veneno]

Most important publishers:
1 Sony
2 Nintendo
3 Valve
4 Rockstar
5 EA (before they went to shit)

My favorites

1 Sony
2 Capcom
3 Valve
4 Nintendo
5 SNK

[Alex_Boro]

Capcom went to shit just like EA. Capcom is worse than EA.

[beebap]

Rockstar publishers is take two

[Veneno]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[thecowsaysmoo]

Everyone know Microsoft is the best publisher. GEARS, HALO, FORZA, FABLE, ALAN AWAKE DEAD RISING AND MORE.

[SonyStyled]

i believe the dead rising ip is owned and published by capcom

[thecowsaysmoo]

Not the first and third one. You should have more time to research considering you are waiting for ps4 to get more games.

[BlakHavoc]

Your comment is irrelevant cause you clearly showed your inner fanboy.

[BOLO]

I so hope you're being sarcastic.

[N2NOther]

And yet then only game I have enjoyed from MS studies is Mass Effect and the first Fable.

[SonyStyled]

i dont understand why so many people have beef with EA. sure theyve closed a lot of doors, introduces the online passes and microtransactions, but some of my favourite games are published by EA. The Saboteur, Skate, Battlefield, Need for Speed to name a few off the top of my head. maybe its because well... i didnt favor the online passes, but i solidly believe there should have been some way for devs/pubs to make money off used game sales from the more evil retailers that make a ridiculous amount of profits off your used game after paying you mere cents in trade in. ive always believed the devs and pubs should make something over what theyve worked on tirelessly for years. doesnt it make sense to have the online passes? yes, but at the same time im happy most publishers have gotten rid of them. i support the devs. we as a community are there paycheck week after week. and if we dont give them money coming in, thats when salaries get cut, jobs get lost and ultimately doors get closed. to the men and women out there who work their asses off day after day, year after year to give us the best experience possible, this ones for you. buy new. support the devs

[plaZeHD]

Nintendo, Sony and Take-Two(only for Rockstar)

[Relientk77]

Squaresoft, before they became Square Enix. They were amazing.

[N2NOther]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to read and comment.