Not exact matches
Despite that game's impressive score, Sony saw its
Metascore average drop by over three points over the past year, while its percentage of games receiving positive reviews
fell from 54 % to 43 %.
Jumping up to the major group this year, XSEED saw its
Metascore average remain about the same despite a drop in its percentage of releases that received positive reviews from critics (which
fell from 54 % a year ago to just 37 % this year).
Last year, the
fell to # 9, and this year it completes its slide by placing dead last, though it's
average Metascore didn't change much.
Relativity raised its
average Metascore, reduced its number of poorly reviewed films from five to three, and managed to hold onto its 9th - place ranking in domestic market share (though its grosses
fell by over $ 50 million).
Open Road raised its
average Metascore by over 11 points last year while still
falling into the bottom half of our rankings.
Blame the competition: Sony
fell three spots in our rankings this year despite actually boosting its
average Metascore by four points.
Nippon Ichi Software's U.S. branch finished near the middle of our mid-sized group in last year's rankings but lands near the very bottom of our major publisher group this year thanks to an increased number of releases and a
falling average Metascore.
Square Enix's
average Metascore fell by over three points, and its rate of positively reviewed games plummeted from 69 % in 2016 to just 49 % last year.
L.A. - based Roadside once again saw half of its films (including Chilean drama Gloria and festival hit Dear White People) earn positive reviews, but its
Metascore average (and box office grosses)
fell a bit compared to 2013.
A year after finishing first in our rankings, Nintendo saw its
average Metascore decline by nearly five points and its percentage of games receiving positive reviews
fall from 56 % to just 41 %.
Square Enix's
average Metascore fell by over three points, and its rate of positively reviewed games plummeted from 69 % in 2016 to just 49 % last year.
Blame the competition: Sony
fell three spots in our rankings this year despite actually boosting its
average Metascore by four points.
Last year, the
fell to # 9, and this year it completes its slide by placing dead last, though it's
average Metascore didn't change much.