Post on 14-Apr-2017
Game publishers
Below are the top game publishers from 2015
Sony computer entertainment
About Sony• It’s a Japanese multinational video game
company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry
• The company was established on November 16, 1993 in Tokyo
• They are the owners of the Playstation console other hardware's such as the Eye Toy and games like The Last of Us
What games do Sony publish?
• The Last of Us• Sing Star series• Dead Nation• The Fight• Helldivers• Resogun
Does Sony produce games internally or hire publishers?
Sony hire publishers for some games such as Minecraft is developed by Mojang with additional work by other companies such as Microsoft Studio’sHowever, Sony does develop some of its own games such as Formula One, 2001 version
Microsoft game studiosAbout Microsoft• Microsoft Studios is the video game production wing for
Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Games for Windows, Steam, Windows Store, and Windows Phone platforms
• They were established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios to coincide with the already released Xbox
• Microsoft Studios develops and publishes games in conjunction with first and third party development studios under their publishing label.
• Therefore, Microsoft games studios DO publish/develop their own games
What games do Microsoft game studio’s publish?
• Halo• Co- publish mine craft with Mojang (indie
publishers)• State of decay• Blue dragon
Microsfot – allowing users to develop own games
The ID@Xbox program helps qualified game developers self-publish on Xbox One. Developers accepted into the program are provided two Xbox One development kits at no cost, and have access to the Xbox One XDK, developer documentation, private forums, free middleware, and more. ID@Xbox game developers have full access to the Xbox One platform, including Xbox Live, Gamerscore, achievements, challenges, SmartGlass, and Kinect.The idea was announced in 2013- Lots of publishers have praised this idea and the reception has been
great- criticism for enforcing a launch date parity policy which means that
developers can only release their titles on Xbox One if they haven't been released on other consoles first, but this has now been dropped after protest.