Only rightly, the company that created Mario has been deemed as the top video game publisher by Game Developer in their top 20 publishers countdown. It's amazing how Nintendo still manages to stay on top after all these years.

Before you shout "fixed!", consider that this is a survey conducted among 300 professionals from the video game industry. They were asked to their opinions on the reputations of each publisher in the survey. Other respondents who had direct experience with the publishers in the recent past were also asked to give scores and commentaries.

Basically, this is a list compiled from the opinions of those in the industry, not an independent ranking from Game Developer. In fact, the full report has more than 100 pages showing graphs, commentaries, and other boring stuff. For us gamers though, what really counts is who made it on top.

Sony ranked fifth, and Microsoft blipped on 9th place. Electronic Arts, who's published everything from first-person shooters to racers, to the upcoming survival horror game Dead Space, ranked in second place, while Guitar Hero creator Activision ranked in third.

Assassin's Creed studio Ubisoft is in fourth, Grand Theft Auto studio Take-Two Interactive is on sixth, and Final Fantasy studio Square Enix is found at tenth place. Who else made it on top? Here's the full list:

1. Nintendo
2. Electronic Arts
3. Activision
4. Ubisoft
5. Sony Computer Entertainment
6. Take-Two Interactive
7. Sega Sammy Holdings
8. THQ
9. Microsoft Game Studios
10. Square Enix
11. Konami
12. Vivendi Games
13. Namco Bandai Games
14. Capcom
15. NCsoft
16. Disney Interactive Studios
17. Lucasarts
18. Codemasters
19. SCi/Eidos Interactive
20. Midway

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