1. publishers developers
Console manufacturers/
First party publishers
Apps – Apple, Android and Windows
Distribution and Retail
Outsourcing Companies
Press and Media

2. developers
publishers
Console
manufacturers/
First party
publishers Game developers are companies of people
A video game publisher may specialize in only publishing
who create the games that are then
games for developers, or may either have in-house
published by other companies such as
development studios or own subsidiary development
First party publishers are companies Microsoft.
companies. Some developers may publish their games
themselves. which create the consoles such as the
Xbox and the ps3 so that games such
as halo can be developed, published
and then playedA console
manufacturer, also known as a first-
party video game publisher, is a
company that manufactures and
Apps – Apple, Android and Windows distributes video game consoles in
addition to permitting third-party
Distribution and Retail
publishers to produce games for its
platform in return to licensing fees.
Historically, some of the most Distributors get the game out there into the
recognized console manufacturers retail shops like Game and CEX so that the
include public can purchase the games
Press and Media
Outsourcing Companies
Press and media are the companies which
are connected with every part of the games
industry reviewing the games which are
made and also reviewing the companies
that are creating these games. They then
either create a positive or negative report of
the publishers that they have reviewed for
example.