Ubisoft 'least consistent,' Rockstar 'most consistent,' concludes study of Metacritic

by Griffin McElroy 

Prepare yourself for some simple math and inflammatory statements. Gming industry analysis site GameQuarry recently performed a breakdown of Metacritic ratings for titles released by major publishers to determine whose releases were of a consistently high quality. Assigning each release an A - F grade, then using a simple point value cipher (A = 2, B = 1, C = 0, D = -1, F = -2), it ranked each publisher by their final scores, providing some fairly interesting results.

Rockstar Games took home top honors in this respect, with a grade score of 19 over its 23 releases. Telltale Games was a close runner-up with a score of 14 for its 23 titles. On the not-so-braggable end of the spectrum (chart posted after break), Ubisoft was listed as the "least consistent" publisher, with a final score of -148 over 237 games, with Activision hot on its heels with a score of -138 for its 227 games.

Is this study the final word on which publishers are currently putting out the highest quality product? No, not exactly, as the list includes the entire portfolios of the publishers listed (at least for titles current enough to merit Metacritic ratings), so it doesn't do much to point out current publishing trends. Also, the more prolific publishers seemed to be somewhat penalized for their largeness -- Activision, who ranked second from the bottom, had more Grade A titles than anyone else on the list. However, it does provide a little food for thought -- and more than a little fuel for a few flamewars, we suspect. 

That's a terrible way to find the 'most consistent', and that's why the results are off. First of all, they don't even know what consistent means. If all your games score 30% on metacritic, then you are more consistent than a developer whose games score between 95 and 100

There was a chart somewhere that showed the average metacritic score of games from each major developer, as well as their highest rated game and lowest rated game. I think it was just from 7th gen games.

The results
Highest Average = Nintendo
Highest Rated game = Nintendo (I don't think Rockstar was on there, or maybe I saw this chart before GTAIV released)
Highest rated worst game = Sony

Sonys games, whilst not averaging as high as Ninty, had a very low standard deviation, and thus Sony is the most consistent publisher

I have 10 bucks on a top secret bet regarding this topic, I wonder how long it will be before my bet comes true.

I find Atlus to be fairly consistent.

y isnt take two up there(is it included in rockstar)?