Sega was the top-ranked publisher on Metacritic

Metacritic Crowns Sega As The Best Publisher Of 2024
Sega earns the top spot in Metacritic's 15th Annual Game Publisher Rankings. Rankings are based solely on critics' scores. Sega beat Capcom by a slim margin, while Nintendo placed 22nd on the list. Metacritic has crowned Sega as the best video game publisher of 2024,
Sega was the top-ranked publisher on Metacritic in 2024
We here at Shacknews also named Sega the Best Publisher of 2024 during the Shacknews Awards. We specifically called out excellent games like Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor: ReFantazio as games that put Sega in a tier above the rest of the industry.
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By this metric, Capcom still managed a very impressive #2 ranking, barely edged out by SEGA; still deserving of its Capgod status. Interestingly, Aksys Games secured the #3 spot, with its highest scoring game being Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II at 83.
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The stellar 2024 output from Sega has pushed it to the top of Metacritic's year-end chart, and made it the first publisher to achieve the feat three times.
Sega tops Metacritic's annual Publisher Rankings list
The answer is no, but it did get very, very close. Capcom came in second with a grand total of 323.1 points and an average Metascore for all of its games of 82.1. The company that beat it was Sega who tallied 325.5 points and an average review score of 82.9, no doubt in part because of Metaphor: ReFantazio and its 94 rating on PS5.
Nintendo Places Outside Top 20 In Metacritic's 15th Annual Game Publisher Rankings
SEGA came out on top in the latest list, with an average Metascore of 82.9 across a whopping 29 products (12 titles) released in 2024. Capcom, Sony and Microsoft all landed spots in the top 10, with the likes of Devolver Digital, Annapurna Interactive and Ubisoft all claiming a spot on the ladder ahead of Nintendo.
Metacritic Names Sega Best Publisher of 2024
As for the rankings, the top ten publishers can be found below:
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