the recent achievement, there are many other products that represent Nintendo, including Donkey Kong, Game boy, Famicom, and Super Mario Bros.
Nintendois a successful video game company now. Moreover, Nintendo hasthe largest net profit per single employee inthe world; it is even larger than that of Google or Goldmansachs . Much to everyone's surprise, Nintendo started as a handmade hanafuda
of concept has been prevalent ever since gameindustry prospered. However, the concept is changing andthe changes were made by a company: Nintendo. With its powerful characters such as Super Mario, Link from the Legend of Zelda, Nintendo wasthe most famous and popular game company until early 2000. However the dominant status ofthe firm was put in peril when 3D games became main stream. On con
of oil shock
Nintendo changed to a toy company. However, they faced with a second crisis from Oil shock in 1974. Consumer did not buy products like toys. They needed to change main business. They got a hint for new business from Atari corporation’s TV game Pong. They cooperated with Mitsubishi andthey started manufacturing TV games. Afterwards, they hit ‘Game&watch(1980)’, ‘Famicom(1983
3.2) Promotion & Feedback
Nintendo could use its social gameto promote its hardware and software. It is more effective to play a gamein person rather than just listening or watching advertisement. For example, as one way of promoting new product, Nintendo can provide a demo version that people can play Nintendo’s new product briefly. In that sense, if Nintendo starts releasing the social g
the PS. PS3 is not a cheap and easy-software-developable as PS, and not the best performing platform without any competition as PS2. The past name of PS2 asthe market dominant player is fading out andthe current market dominance is almost handed over toNintendo DS.
However, there are people still expecting PS3 to have exploding period inthe near future. Hamamura, a game guru who has ke