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Capcom Was Metacritic's Highest Rated Publisher in 2023

Capcom Was Metacritic's Highest Rated Publisher in 2023 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 April 2024 / 3,784 Views

Metacritic has released its 14th Annual Game Publisher Rankings and Capcom was the number one ranked publisher of 2023.

Capcom's average Metascore for 2023 was 84.5, 5.4 points higher than the number two rank, which is Raw Fury. Capcom had 325.7 total points, which are calculated by four factors - average Metascore, percent of scored products with good reviews, percent of scored products with bad reviews, and number of "great" titles.

"Finishing at #1 for the first time since the 2019 edition of our annual Game Publisher Rankings, Capcom benefitted from the massive critical acclaim for its latest Resident Evil remake," said Metacritic. "ut the publisher also released two other 90+ games in Street Fighter 6 and Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective and many more in the 80-89 range. The company's lone 2023 disappointment? Exoprimal, a welcome, if ultimately lackluster, attempt to launch a new IP."

Here are the top 10 publishers of 2023:

  1. Capcom – 325.7 points (last year: 6th)
  2. Raw Fury – 318.6 points (last year: 16th)
  3. Chorus Worldwide – 318.5 points (last year: n/a)
  4. Dangen Entertainment – 316.4 points (last year: n/a)
  5. Annapurna Interactive – 313.6 points (last year: 8th)
  6. Nintendo – 312.1 points (last year: 12th)
  7. Aksys Games – 310.2 points (last year: 13th)
  8. Bethesda Softworks – 308.3 points (last year: n/a)
  9. Sega – 306.1 points (last year: 7th)
  10. Thunderful – 303.3 point (last year: 25th)

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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2zosteven (on 21 March 2024)

no Microsoft? no Sony?

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G2ThaUNiT 2zosteven (on 21 March 2024)

Number 15 and 13 respectively

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2zosteven G2ThaUNiT (on 21 March 2024)

is 13 and 15 good?

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G2ThaUNiT 2zosteven (on 21 March 2024)

They both barely made the top 15 lol. But looking at the average score for both in the high 70s, I’d say that’s still good.

  • -3
rapsuperstar31 2zosteven (on 22 March 2024)

Sony didn't release many games, it looks like Firewall Ultra lowered the score with a 61,

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 21 March 2024)

Well deserved fantastic 2023

  • +2
Qwark (on 21 March 2024)

Well deserved for Capcom. They are having a great start this year as well. Although Sega will be very hard to beat this year, since P3 and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth scored really high and Re Fantazio will likely also review really well.

  • +1
G2ThaUNiT (on 21 March 2024)

More than deserved!

  • +1
hellobion2 (on 24 March 2024)

When you give the fans what they want what do you expect

  • 0
rapsuperstar31 (on 21 March 2024)

Well deserved... I'm really only aware of 1,6,8,9.

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