Mostly true nowadays, though some try at least sometimes to bring something different. Especially Ubisoft, with things like Child of Light or Valiant Hearts and of course Mario & Rabbits or Grow home. Which is why I respect Ubisoft as a publisher a lot more than EA, Activision and so on.

However, it's not enough to get mon Top 3 List. Devolver Digital is set (especially with it's glorious E3 presentation), and I'll add Paradox Interactive (a PC only publisher with mostly a hands-off approach who highly supports modding - though their DLC policy can be ludicrous at times) and Nintendo for staying true to their roots and thus different and fresh.

Sony, Nintendo and NOT Microsoft.

Nintendo, Ubisoft and Atlus

#1 paradox interactive.. They have caught some flak in the past because of a lot of smaller dlc that seems expensive for what you get, but considering their titles is 40$instead of 60 and no microtransactions. In these troubled times this bussiness model suddenly seems like they be the good guys. The other big reason is because they produce some excellent strategy games with and incredible amount of depth. Something the industry lacks in general, and the genre I crave the most

#2:Sony. Diversity is the big reason here. Everything from platformens in ratchet and clank, to hack and slash in God of war, shooters in killzone, action-adventure in uncharted. Alternate future in horizon zero dawn. Superhero games in spiderman, survival horror in untill dawn, racing games in gran tourism. and a lot of story driven games that you don't see often these days (the last of us part 2). Heck. They even have a first party sports franchise in Mlb:the show. This is just some of the franchises they produce and it feels like sony is the only company trying to give everyone something to be excited for. Compare this to EA which is going in the extreme opposite direction. Cancelling a star wars game to make it more 'streamlined' as in more multiplayer focused for increased player retention and continued monetization.

#3. Nintendo. Nintendo has yet to go full in on the newest craze in videogames to destroy great experiences with microtransactions and loot boxes. They have a great portfolio of classic franchises that consistently keeps a high level of quality even decades old.. Although i would rather have them be a 3rd party to other more powerfull consoles (which would save us all around 300$ every 5 years, + some space in the media center.) Nintendo masters the art of making games fun and joyfully.

Ya, I'll sign this as well. Publishers are pretty much all trash when they're not just signing the checks, and getting the fuck out the way

Signing the checks for those games you play is a pretty huge plus point for them though, don't you think? xD

Sony
Nintendo
Namco Bandai
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Tecmo Koei
Bethesda

Nintendo, Ubisoft and Guerilla(just because of HZD)

Pdox sells a $40 skeleton which you then gotta expand in a big steam sale (like now!) or some such. Otherwise the DLC that makes the game complete will run you into the hundreds of dollars or euros. This is coming from someone that recently clocked his 300th hour in CK2. Probably gonna pick up the conclave+horse lords DLC's in this sale...

Great games, but god damn is a complete experience expensive.

Sony, EA, Activison