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This is a listing of largest video game publishers by revenue ranked by revenue for the fiscal year 2022-2023. Tencent is the world's largest video game company, followed by Sony Interactive Entertainment and Microsoft Gaming.[1][2] Among the top 40 global video game publishers, twelve based in the United States, eight from Japan, six from China, four from France, three from South Korea, two from Sweden, and five from United Kingdom, Italy, Singapore, Israel, and Poland, respectively.

Warner Bros. Games, Annapurna Interactive and Valve Corporation are not included in this list. Warner Bros. Games is a subsidiary of a larger company, and Annapurna Interactive and Valve Corporation are private companies, and there is no available data or estimate pertaining to their revenues. Before Microsoft Gaming acquired Activision Blizzard, they reported a revenue of $8.8 billion, which would make them the 6th biggest publisher on this list.[3]

Worldwide

Rank Publisher Country Revenue Ref.
1 Tencent China $32.9 billion [4]
2 Sony Interactive Entertainment United States, Japan $26.9 billion [5]
3 Microsoft Gaming United States $25.1 billion [6]
4 Nintendo Japan $13.9 billion [7]
5 NetEase China $9.8 billion [8]
6 Electronic Arts (EA) United States $7.4 billion [9]
7 Epic Games United States $5.6 billion [10]
8 Take-Two Interactive United States $5.3 billion [11]
9 MiHoYo China $3.8 billion [12]
10 Embracer Group Sweden $3.5 billion [13]
11 Playtika Israel $2.6 billion [14]
12 Square Enix Japan $2.5 billion [15]
13 Nexon South Korea, Japan $2.48 billion [16]
14 37Games China $2.3 billion [17]
15 Roblox Corporation United States $2.2 billion [18]
16 Oculus Studios United States $2.16 billion [19]
17 Bandai Namco Entertainment Japan $2.1 billion [20]
18 Netmarble South Korea $2.0 billion [21]
19 NCSoft South Korea $1.99 billion [22]
20 Sega Japan $1.98 billion [23]
21 Ubisoft France $1.8 billion [24]
22 Krafton South Korea $1.47 billion [25]
23 Perfect World China $1.15 billion [26]
24 Garena Singapore $1.14 billion [27]
25 NetDragon Websoft China $1.11 billion [28]
26 Wizards of the Coast United States $1.0 billion [29]
27 Scopely United States $1.0 billion [30]
28 Capcom Japan $730 million [31]
29 Niantic United States $655 million [32]
30 Koei Tecmo Japan $590 million [33]
31 Gameloft France $338 million [34]
32 Playstudios United States $310 million [35]
33 CD Project Red Poland $222 million [36]
34 Konami Digital Entertainment Japan $200 million [37]
35 Paradox Interactive Sweden $196 million [37]
36 Focus Entertainment France $194 million [38]
37 Nacon France $155 million [39]
38 Team17 United Kingdom $151 million [40]
39 Digital Bros Italy $146 million [41]
40 Devolver Digital United States $135 million [42]

Publishers by country

Rank Country Number
1. United States 12
2. Japan 8
3. China 6
4. France 4
5. South Korea 3
6. Sweden 2
7. Singapore 1
United Kingdom
Israel
Poland
Italy

See also

References

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