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game title word cloud
Word cloud of my games' titles created by Wordle.

 

Collecting games can be a bit of an obsession. Fortunately -- and unfortunately -- the golden era of cool packaging and abundant manuals (the early 90s) is already in curmudgeon territory. Collecting games is becoming a hobby where you fork over cash for a near-empty DVD case.

Here are some random facts about my collection.

Top 10 Developer Nations (Computer Games):

  1. USA
  2. England
  3. Canada
  4. France
  5. Sweden
  6. Russia
  7. Germany
  8. Czech Republic
  9. Hungary
  10. Denmark/Spain (tie)
pie chart of computer dev nations

Top Developer Nations (Consoles/Handhelds)

  1. Japan
  2. USA
  3. England
  4. Canada
  5. France
  6. Scotland
  7. Germany
  8. the rest...

Japanese developers: 72%
U.S. developers: 15%

Top Developers (Consoles/Handhelds)

  1. Nintendo
  2. Konami
  3. Capcom
  4. Squaresoft / Square Enix
  5. Intelligent Systems
  6. Treasure
  7. Nippon Ichi Software
  8. Hudson Soft
  9. KOEI

Top Developers (Computer Games)

  1. Sierra On-Line
  2. LucasArts
  3. Maxis
  4. Relic Entertainment
  5. The Creative Assembly
  6. Monolith Productions
  7. Nival Interactive
  8. Firaxis Games
  9. IO Interactive