Maxis vs Q-Games

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Maxis is the older of the two, founded in 1987 — 14 years before Q-Games.

Founded: 1987; 2001
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Emeryville, United States; Kyoto, Japan
Industry: video game industry; video game industry
Founders: Trip Hawkins, John Schappert, Jade Raymond, Will Wright, Jeff Braun; Dylan Cuthbert
Legal form: private company limited by shares; yūgen gaisha
Parent: Electronic Arts; Not recorded
Website: ea.com/ea-studios/maxis; q-games.com/ja

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Maxis and Q-Games.