Xbox Game Studios: Microsoft is Publisher of the Year 2021 on Metacritic

On Metacritics, a ranking is created every year to determine the best publisher of the last 12 months.

For this purpose, the data of last year, based on the item system used, are analyzed and considered taking into account four factors.

The factors include, among other things, the average metascore for all games published in one year as well as the number of "great" games.

The evaluation of the ranking on Metacriti has shown that Microsoft or Xbox Game Studios was named the game publisher of the year 2021.

With a metascore of 87.5 points, Microsoft managed to become Metacrit's highest-rated publisher, which was the first to reach more than 85 points.

Compared to the previous year, Microsoft still landed on the sixth place.

In total, ten products (five different titles) have been considered, which have received all "100% good". With Forza Horizon 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator and Halo Infinite also received three games the rating "Great".

Incidentally, Sony landed on the second and humble games on the third place. Furthermore, Activision Blizzard can be found in fourth place in place and Bethesda Softworks in second place.

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TOP 10 PUBLISHER - METACRITIC 2021

  1. Microsoft - 346 points
  1. Sony - 312.9 points
  2. Humble Games - 309.6 points
  3. Activision Blizzard - 308.2 points
  4. Bethesda Softworks - 306.9 points
  5. Capcom - 303.3 points
  6. Bandai Namco - 292.7 points
  7. Sega - 292.7 points
  8. Electronic Arts - 291.9 points
  9. 505 Games - 288.5 points

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