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CTOnews.com, April 5, according to the latest data from analyst firm Ampere Analysis, EA and Activision Blizzard are the two largest third-party game publishers in the world, but EA is currently in a leading position.

Between September 2022 and February 2023, monthly active user data on Xbox and PlayStation hosts showed that EA accounted for 15.9 per cent, followed by Activision Blizzard with 14.9 per cent.

This is mainly due to the strong performance of FIFA 23, which was played by players in 35% of the days in February, surpassing call of Duty: modern Warfare 2. CTOnews.com noted that, in fact, call of Duty didn't even make it into the top three, followed by final Fantasy 14, an online game (31%) and free game original God (30%), which doesn't even support the Xbox platform.

Ampere Analysis gives the following chart, which shows that Epic Games sometimes overtakes Activision Blizzard to win second place, thanks entirely to "Fortnite". But Epic Games ranked third overall during that time, followed by Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar Games.

Surprisingly, Microsoft and Sony are almost neck and neck, taking turns in the lead. Sony's growth is due to the launch of Ares: the Gods of Twilight, but the reason for Microsoft's growth is unclear because the only game the company has launched this year is Hi-Fi Rush.

However, it is worth mentioning that since all Microsoft's first-party games can be played on Game Pass for free, this may affect the accuracy of the data.

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