Nintendo Misses Out On Top 10 In Metacritic's 16th Annual Game Publisher Rankings
Metacritic's 16th annual Game Publisher Rankings for 2025 show Square Enix taking the top spot, with Nintendo improving to 12th place. Despite releasing more games and having titles score 90 or above, Nintendo's average score was impacted by lower-rated Switch 2 exclusives.
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- Entities
- Dotemu
- Microsoft
- SEGA
- Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Publishers
- Drag X Drive
- Octopath Traveler 0
- Take-Two Interactive
- Game Reviews
- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
- Mario Kart World
- Video Game Industry
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