Top 15 US Game Publishers Revealed

As a part of the recent U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffary report NPD has revealed the top fifteen publishers in the USA from January to September 2003. During this period (which does not include the crucial fourth quarter Nintendo claimed the biggest market share gain, followed by Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. Activision and Take-Two Interactive fared the worst, with both publishers dropping 3% of their market share from the same period last year. Sega have also performed poorly so far this year, with a drop of 1.6% and a position of only eleven – making their goal of becoming the largest third-party publisher in the world seem all the more distant. 1. Electronic Arts Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $594,510,000 (+$99,397,300) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 20.0% (+2.7%) 2. Nintendo Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $349,783,800 (+$97,087,400) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 11.8% (+3.0%) 3. SCEA Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $206,650,800 (-$1,619,900) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 6.9 % (-0.4%) 4. Atari Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $183,246,800 (+$67,674,400) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 6.2% (+2.2%) 5. THQ Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $177,916,700 (+$4,447,900) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 6.0% (-0.1%) 6. Activision Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $136,621,400 (-$80,266,500) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 4.6% (-3.0%) 7. Take-Two Interactive Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $134,261,400 (-$79,466,700) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 4.5% (-3.0%) 8. Konami Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $131,839,500 (+$41,358,110) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 4.4% (+1.2%) 9. Ubisoft Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $119,768,300 (+$79,857,630) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 4.0% (+2.6%) 10. Namco Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $119,391,900 (+$27,521,420) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 4.0% (+0.8%) 11. Sega Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $93,172,950 (-$42,383,850) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 3.1% (-1.6%) 12. Vivendi Universal Games Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $87,222,580 (+$27,885,410) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 2.9% (+0.8%) 13. Capcom Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $86,605,320 (-$2,695,420) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 2.9% (-0.2%) 14. Microsoft Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $78,441,010 (-$10,150,800) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 2.6% (-0.5%) 15. Acclaim Q1-Q3 2003 Sales: $60,292,620 (-$37,566,800) Q1-Q3 2003 Share: 2.0% (-1.4%)