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%)
