Here is how the major publishers stacked up based on the quality of their 2017 releases: 1. (Detailed scoring information appears in a table below the rankings.) In addition, note that iOS games are not included in the figures below. Note that the Metascore average (the first factor) counts slightly more than the other factors. Number of 'great' titles (Metascore of 90 or higher, min.% of scored products with bad reviews ( 49 or lower in this case, a lower % is better).% of scored products with good reviews (Metascore of at least 75).Average Metascore for all games released in 2017.We have ranked these publishers in order from best overall game quality to worst, using a formula based on four factors: Publishers with 5 or fewer Distinct Titles are excluded. The remaining 'mid-size' publishers, detailed further down the page, each released between 6-11 distinct titles last year.

Our first group consists of the biggest companies, who each published 12 or more distinct titles (with Metascores) during 2017. We divided publishers into two separately ranked groups, based on the number of titles released during the previous calendar year. Sales and user reviews do not factor into these rankings only critic reviews (as captured by each game's Metascore) are used to evaluate performance. Which game publishers released the best games last year? For the eighth consecutive year, we have sifted through 12 months of data to determine the best and worst game publishers of the year, based solely on the quality of their 2017 releases.

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