Bethesda beats out Nintendo for best game publisher of 2017? Apparently so.
Metacritic has sifted through 12 months of data to determine the best and worst game publishers of the year, based on the quality of their 2017 releases. Sales and user reviews do not factor into these rankings; only critic reviews (as captured by each game’s Metascore) are used to evaluate performance.
Two years ago, Bethesda was Metacritics top-ranked mid-sized publisher. Bethesda released enough titles in 2017 to become a major publisher. Their rookie campaign nets them the top spot for best publisher of 2017. With Wolfenstein, Prey and Evil Within sequel they were primed for the top spot… but the Elder Scrolls release on other platforms put them over the edge.
Nintendo came in second and Sega and Blizzard fought for 3rd and 4th.
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You can read the actual results here:
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/game-publisher-rankings-for-2017-releases
