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[Bryank75]

The video game industry as a whole marked yet another sales record last year, being now worth over 130 billion U.S. dollars. 2021’s Top 10 biggest video game brands are also largely the same as in the previous years. The following lists the Top 10 biggest video game companies 2021 in the world by the achieved gaming revenue last year.

Top 10 Biggest Video Game Companies in the World - All Top Everything

The video game market keeps growing. But which studios are the biggest players in the market? Click to check the Top 10 biggest video game companies in 2024!

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[Bitmap Frogs]

Tencent revenue is insane since they aren’t selling a piece of hardware worth 300-500$... pretty much that’s all micro transactions right?

 

[THEAP99]

Damn. Sony is absolutely crushing the competition. Now they should use some of that $$$ and buy more studios to continue this domination.

I'm surprised take two and epic are so low though.

 

[Bryank75]

Tencent revenue is insane since they aren’t selling a piece of hardware worth 300-500$... pretty much that’s all micro transactions right?

Yes, lots of mobile games mtx's and all that stuff. Of course they have their hands in everything though....

 

[DeepEnigma]

That Tencent makes my stomach churn.

 

[Bryank75]

That Tencent makes my stomach churn.

That's natural. I had the same reaction... and I've made some of the dirtiest deals in business.

 

[hyperbertha]

You should add a puke warning to the title.

 

[Reality Czar]

Is all of that from just games? Tencent does a ton of movie and other media business. This is probably why Sony is also so big. Microsoft and Nintendo aren't into movies (yet).

 

[Captain Toad]

Sony bigger than Nintendo and Microsoft combined? Nice.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Is all of that from just games? Tencent does a ton of movie and other media business. This is probably why Sony is also so big. Microsoft and Nintendo aren't into movies (yet).

This is just gaming revenue.

 

[Captain Toad]

Is all of that from just games? Tencent does a ton of movie and other media business. This is probably why Sony is also so big. Microsoft and Nintendo aren't into movies (yet).

What do movies have to do with gaming?

 

[LordBlodgett]

Tencent is definitely the crazy one to me, though I understand they have their hands in all the F2P micro transaction games.

 

[Bryank75]

Tencent is definitely the crazy one to me, though I understand they have their hands in all the F2P micro transaction games.

Yeah but they are winding their tentacles into many aspects of PC and console gaming too. Hopefully they wont be able to negatively effect too much.

 

[Loxus]

Damn. Sony is absolutely crushing the competition. Now they should use some of that $$$ and buy more studios to continue this domination.

I'm surprised take two and epic are so low though.

I agree, probably will move up with the next GTA and a new Fortnite.
But I thought I would have seen Ubisoft in there.

 

[Kenpachii]

steam that small huh

 

[Bryank75]

I agree, probably will move up with the next GTA and a new Fortnite.
But I thought I would have seen Ubisoft in there.

Apparently they made around 1.59 billion revenue, a lot less than I thought they would. Very interesting.

 

[Bryank75]

steam that small huh

They're a private company, so it may not have been included for that reason. But I'd imagine they are bigger than Epic or at least as big. Epic have Fortnite and their Unreal business too so I'm working that in.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[TLZ]

Is all of that from just games? Tencent does a ton of movie and other media business. This is probably why Sony is also so big. Microsoft and Nintendo aren't into movies (yet).

Did you forget MS PC software (office), azure, etc divisions? All the PC related stuff? If all revenue was added MS would shoot up. But this is only gaming revenue.

 

[Bryank75]

Begs the question, why close Japan Studio then?

Asking the real questions....

Terrible and shortsighted decision unless they had something bigger and better to replace them with. How do you grow with less content? How do you attract more people with less angles covered?

Thanks for bringing it up, I feel very strongly about that!

 

[prinz_valium]

Always incredible how those analyst get the numbers so wrong.
Tencent made well oger $20bn in gaming revenue and Sony made less than $25bn

 

[Bryank75]

Always incredible how those analyst get the numbers so wrong.
Tencent made well oger $20bn in gaming revenue and Sony made less than $25bn

These are reported figures, not estimates.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Asking the real questions....

Terrible and shortsighted decision unless they had something bigger and better to replace them with. How do you grow with less content? How do you attract more people with less angles covered?

Thanks for bringing it up, I feel very strongly about that!

They did not get rid of Japan Studio, they restructured some departments. They still have Japan Studio Asobi that they are investing resources in.

 

[PropellerEar]

Seems some Chinese companies are missing from the list like NetEase.

 

[Bryank75]

They did not get rid of Japan Studio, they restructured some departments. They still have Japan Studio Asobi that they are investing resources in.

I know that but my issue is that when you really look at it, PS only has 5 studios working on high end AAA games...

San Diego is making a multiplat in MLB, Mm doesn't make commercial stuff, London does VR mostly and now Japan is a one game studio.

It's just ND, SP, Insomniac, SMS, Guerrilla..... and Bend if you're generous but I don't consider them the same level yet.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Nintendo is smaller than I thought after the incredible year of Switch, Pokemon and AC.

Sony crushes everyone as usual.

 

[Bryank75]

Seems some Chinese companies are missing from the list like NetEase.

11.29 Billion for 2020 in Revenue, we could fit it in there. I dunno what portion of the company does stuff outside gaming though.

 

[reksveks]

A quote from the article.

The company’s handheld video game console, the PlayStation Vita, contributed to Sony’s no.1 position on the video game market as well.

Hmmm anyone checked the numbers?

 

[Bryank75]

A quote from the article.

The company’s handheld video game console, the PlayStation Vita, contributed to Sony’s no.1 position on the video game market as well.

Hmmm anyone checked the numbers?

Looks right to me, just under 23 billion from PlayStation and then Mobile games.... Fate / Grand Order is the biggest mobile game I believe for revenue etc and is run through Sony music Japan. So, you'd expect it to hit around 25 billion with that and other mobile games etc.

 

[reksveks]

Looks right to me, just under 23 billion from PlayStation and then Mobile games.... Fate / Grand Order is the biggest mobile game I believe for revenue etc and is run through Sony music Japan.

Had a quick look and it looks right barring the possibility of netease missing

 

[Bryank75]

Had a quick look and it looks right barring the possibility of netease missing

Yeah it's a big omission, there are probably others though too.

 

[Fat Frog]

Yeah it's a big omission, there are probably others though too.

Old datas

Top Public Video Game Companies | By Revenue | Newzoo

Newzoo's Top Video Game Companies ranking is updated every quarter. Features the top public video game companies by revenues.

newzoo.com

I highly doubts Sega is above Ubisoft for instance. (many of those publishers should be in the top 10)

EGS was truly a great opportunity for Sega...

 

[rodrigolfp]

Revenue? Meh. Profits or gtfo.

 

[Bryank75]

Old datas

Top Public Video Game Companies | By Revenue | Newzoo

Newzoo's Top Video Game Companies ranking is updated every quarter. Features the top public video game companies by revenues.

newzoo.com

I highly doubts Sega is above Ubisoft for instance. (many of those publishers should be in the top 10)

EGS was truly a great opportunity for Sega...

Apparently Sega was even higher revenue than what it says.... and Ubisoft seems to be lower than I expected 1.77 Billion revenue.

Unexpected but true.

 

[Fat Frog]

Apparently Sega was even higher revenue than what it says.... and Ubisoft seems to be lower than I expected 1.77 Billion revenue.

Unexpected but true.

What happened to Ubi and Sega ?

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Revenue? Meh. Profits or gtfo.

Revenue is far more important than profits because it takes into account how much money you actually have to invest in your business. The only people who care about profits are shareholders.

 

[kretos]

B Bodomism

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Revenue is far more important than profits because it takes into account how much money you actually have to invest in your business. The only people who care about profits are shareholders.

Tell that to Sears and JC Penney.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Revenue is far more important than profits because it takes into account how much money you actually have to invest in your business. The only people who care about profits are shareholders.

It`s far from being only what you invest in your business. So it's useless.

 

[waquzy]

No CDPR?!

 

[Bryank75]

It`s far from being only what you invest in your business. So it's useless.

It is how much money is spent on your products before deducting expenses etc. So it is extremely important.

Why would it be useless?

 

[Airbus Jr]

Holy crap the gap between #1 and #2 is massive

Now get rid of Jim Ryan sony and its all good

Also Take Two only generate 3 m, you guys not done milking GTAV?

 

[Bryank75]

What happened to Ubi and Sega ?

A lot of people expected Ubisoft to be on the list... turns out their revenue was 1.77 billion. So they didn't make it.

While Sega, which is valued at less than a half of Ubisift actually had higher revenue and made it on.

 

[BootsLoader]

Nintendo not first? But how? Switch super selling if you count in dollars and will pass ps4 and some other things I don’t really remember....

 

[Bryank75]

Holy crap the gap between #1 and #2 is massive

Now get rid of Jim Ryan sony and its all good

Also Take Two only generate 3 m, you guys not done milking GTAV?

It's billions but yeah, they are around 3 billion both last year and the year before.

Agree with getting rid of Ryan...

 

[Fat Frog]

A lot of people expected Ubisoft to be on the list... turns out their revenue was 1.77 billion. So they didn't make it.

While Sega, which is valued at less than a half of Ubisift actually had higher revenue and made it on.

Well, I meant, did Ubi Franchises bomb ?

As for Sega, I guess Football manager did great so as Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal, Yakuza and all the paid deals from EGS, Stadia/Luna/Gamepass (they are easy new sources of revenues for Sega)

 

[Hezekiah]

Damn. Sony is absolutely crushing the competition. Now they should use some of that $$$ and buy more studios to continue this domination.

I'm surprised take two and epic are so low though.

Yeah I thought Take Two would higher too.

 

[waquzy]

Yeah I thought Take Two would higher too.

It's because, they only have Rockstar making money for them, the rest of their studios are rubbish

 

[EverydayBeast]

Sony has taken complete control of the gaming world think about 2006 Sony was fighting for a spot in the gaming world Sony has done a masterful job of just delivering games Microsoft is no where close they better be at e3 imagine halo.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It's because, they only have Rockstar making money for them, the rest of their studios are rubbish

GTA
Red Dead
NBA

That's basically it. From there you got some PC games, Borderlands, and their golf game. That's the entire Take Two company.