The 8 Most Powerful Video Game Studios

[GameBanshee News]

The editors at GamePro have put together a list of the eight most powerful video game studios in the world, though it's unclear how they actually determined who should be included on the list. Regardless, I'd have to agree that Blizzard Entertainment definitely fits the bill:

There must be something in the water in Irvine. Either that or some hidden crack-cocaine between lines of Blizzard game code, because the hard-to-put-down studio is notorious for making some of the most addicting games of all time, namely Diablo, Starcraft, and the grandaddy of them all, World of Warcraft. How else would you convince 10 million subscribing fiends to pay $15 per month? This is one developer everyone wants to be.

[Foss]

The Sims has sold more than 100 million games worldwide (!) -- the third best-selling franchise of all time.

Anyone know what would be the 2nd and 1st best selling?

[BuckGB]

According to Wikipedia, Mario is #1 and Pokémon is #2.

[Foss]

Ahh thx, Mario I could have guessed. Though not Pokemon.