Sony Interactive Entertainment has been named Best Publisher of 2022 on Metacritic. Despite the impressive result, the Japanese company failed to surpass Microsoft’s performance last year.
Like every year, Metacritic has rounded up the performance of video game publishers over the past year, based on a few key data. This time, Microsoft, winner last year, had to cede the crown to its biggest competitor.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment, with 338.4 points and an average game rating of 85.6/100, tops the list for 2022.. The Japanese company has beaten market giants such as Paradox, Capcom, Take-Two Interactive and Activision Blizzard.
- However, the company from the land of the rising sun failed to surpass Microsoft’s previous results. Recall that the Americans scored 346 points in 2021 and their games received an average rating of 87.4/100.
- In the current ranking we will not find the giant of Redmond.. Considering Microsoft had a less than successful 2022, its absence from the list isn’t particularly surprising.
- Sony’s victory over Microsoft brought together several contributors, including God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, and Stray. All of these games have received praise from gamers and critics.
The top 10 game publishers in 2022 according to Metacritic (in order of best to worst)
This year, a total of 45 publishers were rated. PlayWay/Ultimate Games completes the group. At the bottom of the list we find Electronic Arts. The company ranked 17. In turn, this is what the TOP 10 looks like:
- Sony Interactive Entertainment (15 titles scored, average rating 85.6) – 338.4 points
- Interactive paradox (6 titles won, average rating of 81.8) – 322.7 points
- ActivisionBlizzard (10 titles scored, average rating 76.5) – 304.8 points
- focus on entertainment (39 titles rated, average rating 80.0) – 304.5 points
- Interactive Take-Two (35 titles scored, average rating 78.9) – 304.0 points
- Capcom (16 titles scored, average rating 78.6) – 299.2 points
- Sega (34 titles scored, average rating 79.3) – 294.6 points
- Annapurna Interactive (12 titles won, average rating 79.2) – 293.8 points
- humble games (22 titles scored, average rating 76.8) – 287.9 points
- Digital feedback (25 titles scored, average rating 78.3) – 285.5 points
You can read the full ranking here.
How was the list created?
The scores displayed next to each editor were calculated based on the following data:
- the average score of games released and rated in 2022: maximum 150 points; 1.5x mean (metascore);
- the number of good games (with an average score of at least 75/100) expressed as a percentage – maximum 100 points;
- the number of bad articles (with an average score of at least 49/100) expressed as a percentage, maximum 100 points (the fewer titles, the higher the score);
- the number of excellent games (with an average mark of at least 90/100) – 5 points for each.
It’s worth mentioning that only companies that released at least five games (excluding mobile platforms) were eligible for the list.