We give you a rundown of the country's best developers
Yesterday we revealed that Traveller’s Tales was the top ranking UK studio in the recently released Develop 100, whilst EA Canada reigned supreme as the number one developer.
Over the coming weeks Develop will be publishing extracts and highlight data from the book, which uses GfK Chart-Track research on retail sales to formulate a ranking based on UK revenues.
Today we look at the top ten US studios, and how the country has swept aside worldwide competition and accounts for just under half of the top 20 studios.
Out on top, unsurprisingly, are Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, with the barmstorming success of Activision’s blockbuster franchise, and in particular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, shooting these developers up the list as the country’s elite.
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They were followed by Bethesda Game Studios, which garnered £40.15m from its fantasy RPG Skyrim in UK sales, making up the bulk of its earnings.
Pipeworks, Epic Games, Volition, Treyarch, Turn 10 Studios and Naughty Dog rounded off the US domination of the top 20.
The Sims Studio just missed out on creating a perfect ten for the country, bringing in a still impressive £13.71m from 2009 release The Sims 3 and its numerous expansions.
Altogether, US developers brought in an astounding £327.62 million in UK retail revenue during 2011.
Want to know more? The US entries include a wealth of extra information on these developers - and there are dedicated profiles for each of the studios in the top 100. Get the Develop 100 now.
So this year no Develop 100 for anyone not owning an iPad? Too bad. I expected better from you guys.
With the Develop 100 we wanted to take advantage of the well built iTunes Newsstand which offers a unique reach, neat user experience as well as a good billing mechanic. We think this is a really good way to view and enjoy the Develop 100, and we're always continuing to experiment with these things.
And like with this piece, we'll be posting up alot of the highlights online over the coming weeks to make sure no one is left out.
When you are used to getting something like this as a freebie with your copy of Develop it does come as something of a shock to be asked to shell out £4.99 for it. For something that is a glorified list of studios with a smattering of extra data? I'll spend my fiver elsewhere thanks.
We appreciate the feedback, Phil - but do understand we have bills/costs to pay, as do GfK who collate the data, etc.
There's actually more info in this Develop 100 than ever before - extra facts plus profiles of every studio in the top 100, not just the first 50 - so you're actually getting your money's worth in the move from a free book to a quality digital product.
I would happily spend the money to support the work that goes in to building up something like this. But I like many people don't own any ios device, so I'm left in the cold for no reason really.
I hear what you are saying Michael and appreciate it is a revenue raising exercise.
It will be interesting to see what your download figures are compared to the numbers who once read Develop 100 as it was. From those I've spoken to instead of it being 60+ who've read it (and seen the adverts that paid for it) a grand total of ZERO have paid you £4.99.
Anyway "more info than ever" hasn't convinced me that I'm missing out on anything major :-)
I agree with Sam on this one. I'd go as far as to say that the majority of your readers do not own an iPad, but I guess you alreay know that.
EA is in no way number 1. The gaming community has fire and brimstone anger when it comes to a company ruining games and their developers for a frickin' dollar. Infinityward and Treyarch also fall under that giving everyone the same game year after year with the same damn bugs. Rethink this list.
