elnino334 on 10 April 2008
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By Kris Graft
UK trade magazine Develop released its fourth annual Develop 100 list Thursday, which showed Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo on top after three consecutive years of domination by EA Canada.Develop said games out of Nintendo's Kyoto and Tokyo studios generated £129.83 million in revenues in the UK, up nearly 200 percent year-on-year. Nintendo appeared at number 28 four years ago.
The top five titles (from 1-5) for Nintendo were Brain Training, More Brain Training, New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy and the Wii version of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
The magazine said that through the Wii and DS, Nintendo helped spark a resurgence of Japanese studio revenues, which rose significantly year-on-year.
The magazine said European studios are in "good health," with 36 studios from the UK and mainland Europe making the list, generating £284 million at UK retail in 2007. Canadian studios generated £221 million in revenues and Japan generated £367.76 million, according to Develop.
The top US studio on the list was Call of Duty 4 developer Infinity Ward (#5), which generated £39.6 million at UK retail last year, topping even Halo 3 house Bungie (#8), which generated £31.45 million. The Sims developer Maxis landed in between the two at number seven with £36.84 million.
Develop compiled the list in association with Philips amBX and Sheridans using data from sales tracking firm ChartTrack.
Much more analysis can be found in the free digital version of the Develop 100 here.
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No surprises there.
