Over the past few years I have made top 10 lists for my favorite games on most of the consoles I own. I have recently ranked the #1 games from each list against each other to decided the best of the best.
But now it is time to pick the 10 publishers/developers that most often appeared in those top 10 lists, #1 being the company that most often made it.
I can tell you my top three developers by personal opinion right now, but I won’t. I am curious to see if those three make the list and in what position.
So here we go, the 10 most recurring companies that made games that made my top 10 lists! Okay…So there was a LOT of ties, so it turns out every developer/publisher that has made the games in my top 10 lists will make it here, so think of this as more a celebration to all these companies that have brought us such wonderful games! I thank you all!
#10- There’s a Whole Lot of Them
These companies all tied for the #10 spot, which also happens to be last place. Each of these companies appeared once in my top 10 lists…
I will list them all in no particular order
HexaDrive
Game Arts
Monolith Soft
Quintet
Mercury Steam
Naughty Dog
Electronic Arts
Visceral Games
Pandemic Studios
Jupiter Corporation
Atari SA
Spike
Activision
Treyarch
Good-Feel
Valueware Co., Ltd
Sierra Entertainment
Monolith Productions
Nordic Games Publishing
Kaiko
Devolver Digital
Flying Wild Hog
THQ
Volition Inc
Westwood Studios
Blizzard North
Takara
Eden Entertainment Software
Sega Interactive
Traveller’s Tales
Sega Technical Institute
Flying Edge
Sculptured Software
Clover Studio
Flagship
TOSE
h.a.n.d. inc.
Dimps Corporation
Grezzo
Banpresto
Arzest
Phew…Told you it was a lot…But thanks to these companies for delivering at least one video game that I very much enjoyed!
#9 There’s A Handful
Not nearly as many as the number 10’s though. These next companies made it into the top 10 lists twice.
PlatinumGames
Ubisoft Montpellier
Sucker Punch
Square EA
Raven Software
Camelot Software Planning
Game Freak
There ya go, not too bad.
#8 A Few Here Too
The next companies appeared three times in my top 10 lists. This is where the companies really start to shine in my eyes.
Ubisoft
Konami
SCE Santa Monica
Blizzard Entertainment
#7 Another Handful Here
These next companies appeared an impressive four times on my lists!
Namco Bandai (or Bandai Namco)
Retro Studios
SquareSoft
Alphadream Corportation
Inti Creates
#6 A Few Here As Well
The next companies appeared 5 times on the list. Now we are starting to see the cream of the crop!!
Intelligent Systems
LucasArts
Square Enix
Sonic Team
#5 There’s Only Two Here!
We skip the number six, because these two companies showed up seven times with amazing games!
HAL Labs
Sony Computer Entertainment America
#4 Rare Ltd.
At last, one company stands alone! Rare has made the top 10 lists eight times!
#3 Sega
The guys behind Sonic and a few other amazing titles make the number 3 spot, due to appearing a whopping 10 times on my lists! As it would so happen, I actually consider them my third favorite developer!
#2 Capcom
The company that brought us Mega Man and Resident Evil has appeared 19 times in my lists! Wowsers!! They would actually be about my fourth favorite developer in my personal opinion, but clearly they deliver more of my favorite games than any other company except…
#1 Nintendo
These guys are absolutely my favorite developers. Practically every game they have ever made has been incredible, and the ones that aren’t are just plain good. This company has destroyed the rest, taking a massive 82 spots on my lists! They are indeed my favorite video game company!
That’s all folks! Every single developer that has made my lists!
I always update these lists if new games make the top 10’s, which really doesn’t happen often, but when it does, I will update this list as well, which has the potential to change this entire thing drastically. Who knows what the future will hold? If this list does change, that just means I have discovered some truly incredible new games!!
