In association with Deep Silver, and compiled using GfK Chart-Track (as official as it gets, really), Develop 100 has released a list of the top 100 most bankable developers in the world over the past year.
The stats are made up exclusively from UK sales data, which they feel best reflects global sales trends.
Below are the 50 most bankable developers in the world right now
1. Nintendo
2. Infinity Ward
3. EA Canada
4. Ubisoft Montreal
5. Foundation 9
6.Sega Studios Japan
7. Capcom
8. Treyarch
9. Yuke’s
10. Level-5
11. Traveller’s Tales
12. Neversoft
13. Konami Digital Entertainment
14. Turn 10 Studios
15. Codemasters Studios
16. Bungie
17. Slightly Mad Studios
18. Vicarious Visions
19. Visceral Games
20. Rockstar North
21. The Sims Studio
22. Valve
23. Namco
24. Rocksteady Studios
25. EA Tiburon
26. EA Bright Light
27. Ubisoft France
28. EA Black Box
29. Naughty Dog
30. Sports Interactive
31. SCE London Studio
32. Guerrilla Games
33. Bethesda
34. Radical Entertainment
35. Volition
36. Maxis
37. Gearbox Softworks
38. Harmonix
39. 1st Playable
40. Pandemic Studios
41. Game Freak
42. Bioware
43. Enemble Studios
44. A2M
45. Sonic Team
46. Kuju Entertainment
47. Cat Daddy
48. HB Studios
49. Ubisoft Romania
50. Raven Software
Nintendo (1) takes the top spot thanks to a large percentage of software sales being bundled with Wii hardware, not to mention the console’s massive install base. No surprises as Infinity Ward comes in second thanks to the record breaking sales that Modern Warfare 2 enjoyed. EA Canada (3) probably has MySims Racing to thank for its high placement, and Ubisoft Montreal (4) can thank Splinter Cell: Conviction, Avatar and Assassins Creed 2 for its success.
Bungie came in relatively low at 16, but I suspect this will change when Halo: Reach hits shelves, as did Naughty Dog at 29(Uncharted 2) and Bioware at 42(Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2).
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