BNET Industries
Market Cap:$35.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.9B
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Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than one billion video games worldwide, created such industry icons as Mario and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems, including Nintendo GameCube and the Game Boy series - the world's best-selling video game system.
President
Satoru IwataNumber of Employees 2,977
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Game, Toy, and Children's Vehicle Manufacturing: 339932
Recent Events
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Game Console Makers at a Crossroads
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Best Black Friday Sales in and Around Reading, PA
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Nintendo DSi Preloaded With DSiWare Games Coming On Black Friday
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Guests Get Busy in the Kitchen at Element Hotels with Nintendo DS and Persona...
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Windows 7 Shrugs Off Viral Jabs
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Sega’s Moonwalker Coming to Wii, Says Euro Rating Board
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Put some style in your stylus
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Nintendo to Release Wii 2 in 2010, New Rumour Claims.
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Nintendo's Profit-making Machines Slowing Down
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Nintendo said to be integrating Netflix into Wii console
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Nintendo to Release Larger DSi Handheld in Japan, Europe
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Nintendo's profit falls 52% in fiscal half year
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Who Wants a Big Screen DSi?
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INTERVIEW-Nintendo's Fils-Aime denies Wii, DS demand fading
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Excitebike World Rally Preview
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Fazoli's Celebrates 20th Anniversary with $2.99 Baked Spaghetti
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Vote Wii for Government Run Healthcare?
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Nintendo To Launch New Handheld In Japan
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Nintendo to launch new DSi handheld in Japan-Nikkei
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Nintendo unveils DSi with larger screens
News & Analysis
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Nintendo's Dunaway: What, Wii worry?
Stung by lower Wii sales and a couple of down quarters, Nintendo may be a bit off its game this year. But Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing, keeps focused on the company's strengths and positive numbers.The recession and a paucity of blockbuster titles...
Nintendo admits 'dark' future if it can't differentiate from iPhone
By Neil HughesPublished: 08:00 AM EST Related AppleInsider articles:Doom game creator suggests Apple embarrassed...Nintendo profits freefall as iPhone cuts into...Apple unveils 64GB iPod touch with faster...Nintendo warns iPhone may damage its salesBig game publishers embrace App StoreAs the iPhone has proven itself to be a formidable competitor in the handheld...
Nintendo categorically denies Wii HD in 2010
Nintendo has tried once again to make the statement that there will be no Wii HD coming in 2010, despite rumours to the contrary . There has been talk that the next iteration of the console will be packing a Blu-ray player and will support up to...
Why is the Wii wilting?
Since launch, Nintendo's Wii has been one of the most profitable games console ever. So why are its figures suffering this year? Nintendo's Wii has been one of the most profitable games consoles ever sold, and after its launch in 2006, Nintendo took months to satisfy pent-up demand....
How Will Nintendo Bounce Back?
Posted by: Kenji Hall on October 29 After Nintendo announced weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings and lowered its full-year forecasts, attention now shifts to the company's press conference in Tokyo on Friday. All of the video game maker's bigwigs—President Satoru Iwata, gaming chief Shigeru Miyamoto—will be there. What might Nintendo do? One...
Nintendo faces profits blow as Wii sales slow
Nintendo yesterday warned that full-year profits would be far below its previous forecast , as it unveiled a new version of its handheld videogame console in an attempt to recapture consumer interest.A lack of "software titles which consistently drove hardware sales" for its Wii home console, the impact of...
Is Nintendo About To Be Dethroned?
It looks like Nintendo may finally be pulled of its perch as the No.1 videogame console company in the world. It announced April-to-September 2009 earnings, and part of the data the firm gave out is that it only sold 5.75 million units of its flagship Wii product. That compares...
Nintendo makes DSi screens bigger than competitors
By Tim Conneally , Betanews This morning, Nintendo announced the third upgrade to the DS family, the DSi LL or DSi XL, will be released in Japan on November 21, one year after the DSi debuted, for ¥20,000 (approx. $220). The LL's main improvement...
Nintendo's Profits Slide 52 Percent as Wii Fades
TOKYO/OSAKA (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd reported a 52 percent slide in quarterly profit on Thursday and slashed its full-year earnings forecast, as its Wii console loses its place as the videogame platform to beat. Demand for Nintendo's family-friendly games has cooled as rivals Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp bolster...
Nintendo profits have halved
Nintendo's profits have fallen for the first time in years, with interim net profit cut by more than half to to ¥69.49 billion (about £465million), from ¥144.83 billion this time last year. There are a number of ways to look at or spin this. On the one hand,...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Satoru Iwata | President |
| Eiichit Suzuki | Managing Director |
| Genyo Takeda | Senior Managing Director |
| Masaharu Matsumoto | Managing Director |
| Nobuo Nagai | Senior Managing Director |
| Shigeru Miyamoto | Senior Managing Director |
| Shinji Hatano | Senior Managing Director |
| Yoshihiro Mori | Senior Managing Director |
| Eiichi Suzuki | Managing Director & General Manager, General Affairs |
| Hiroshi Yamauchi | Executive Advisor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Atsushi Asada | Chairman |
| Kaoru Takemura | Board of Directors |
| Kazuo Kawahara | Board of Directors |
| Koji Yoshida | Board of Directors |
| Takao Ohta | Board of Directors |
| Tatsumi Kimishima | Board of Directors |
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| Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Managing Director | Current |
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| Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Managing Director & General Manager, General Affairs | Current |
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| Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Executive Advisor | Current |
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| Nintendo of America, Inc. | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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Nintendo, Sony lead decline in video-game sales in June
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Nintendo Storms the Gaming World
| Volume | 98,198 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.1B |
| Market Cap | 35.1B |
| Year High | 67.65 |
| Year Low | 30.020 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.70 |
| P/E Ratio | 11.4360 |
| Dividend | 1.6984 |
| Yield | 5.4822 |
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