Avinash Tyagi Nintendo Case Study Company: Nintendo CO.‚ LTD. Industry: Video Games Website: http://www.nintendo.com/ Company History Founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi‚ Nintendo began as a manufacturer of Japanese Hanafuda (flower cards) in Kyoto Japan‚ by 1902‚ they expanded to manufacture western playing cards as well and in 1951‚ under the control of Hiroshi Yamauchi‚ the grandson of Fusajiro‚ they changed their name to Nintendo Playing Card Co. and a year later opened their HQ in Kyoto
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licensing program with six retail companies Started selling Nintendo systems in New York 1988- Sales reached 7 million; licensed to 31 American software companies 1990- Nintendo had 90% of market share worldwide 1991- Increased to 100 licensees; rescinded its exclusivity requirements 1992- Nintendo had 40% market share (Sega with 60%) Left alliance they had with Sony 1996- Launched Nintendo 64 in Japan and US (had 3D capabilities) Nintendo had 41% market share (Playstation with 49%) 2001- Gamecube
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4C stakeholder’s analysis of Nintendo Wii Market in 2006 Customers: Nintendo Co Ltd (Nintendo) and its new president Satoru Iwata believed potential existence of a consumer market that distanced itself from gaming. They opined that existing games were not only difficult to understand and play‚ but also found the consoles complex to operate. The games were built more on fantasy and targeted towards traditional over 18 year old male[1] population. Nintendo made a conscious attempt to bring
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In December 2012‚ Nintendo Co.‚ Ltd introduced Wii U and hoped it can create another gaming sensation as Wii. However‚ not only Wii U is not as successful as Wii‚ the consumer’s confidence level is declining even in Nintendo’s home market – Japan. Wii U faces competitions from both direct (videogames) and indirect (social/online games and other entertainments) competitors. In addition‚ given Nintendo’s image‚ Wii U is perceived as casual game and received poor response from its
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Nintendo-The Launch of Game Boy Color Peter MacDougall‚ president of Nintendo Canada‚ was highly anticipating the launch of the Nintendo Game Boy color version across North America and Europe on November 23‚ 1998. This launch was one of the most significant in Nintendo’s history; sales had declined from 1992-1996‚ but had finally started to recover in 1997. The responsibility of the Canadian release was paced on MacDougall‚ and although he planned on utilizing some elements of the U.S. launch
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Hiroshi Yamauchi & Nintendo By Hiroshi Yamauchi was born on November 7‚ 1927 in Japan‚ by age 6 his father had abandoned the family and Hiroshi went to live with his grandparents. by age twelve Hiroshi had planned to study law or engineering once he had finished school but before that could happen he found his country in the middle of World War II. Being to young to fight he was put to work in a military factory‚ here it was said by some follow workers
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Nintendo’s Disruptive Strategy Implications for the Video Game Industry Agenda The Video Game Industry Disruptive Technology Nintendo’s Disruptive Strategy • Dominated by Industry Leaders • Customer Base Declining • Creates a New Market • Creates a New Value Network • New Market: Adults and Children • New Value Network: Simplicity & Exergaming • Excellent Graphic Capabilities Nintendo’s Competition • High Development Costs Recommendations for • Saas Video Games Nintendo’s Competitors
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Introduction Nintendo was founded on September 23‚ 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi in Japan which started out by selling game cards. In 1974‚ Nintendo ventured into the video gaming industry and since then have been committed to creating innovative video games console and games like the Nintendo Entertainment System‚ Super Nintendo Entertainment System‚ Game boy‚ Nintendo 64‚ Game boy pocket‚ Game Boy Advance‚ Nintendo Game Cube‚ Nintendo DS‚ Nintendo DS lite‚ Wii‚ Nintendo DSi‚ Nintendo DSi XL‚ Nintendo 3DS‚
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Analysis Part 1 Introduction Case 7 of the textbook titled Essentials of Strategic Management looked at the video game pioneer Nintendo. The title of the case is Nintendo’s Strategy in 2009: The Ongoing Battle with Microsoft and Sony and was written by Lou Marino and Sally Sarrett. The case begins by describing how Nintendo faced serious competition from Sony and Microsoft in the video game market. As Sony had created the Playstation and Microsoft came out with the Xbox‚ Nintendo had taken a
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research & development‚ their powerful marketing strategy‚ and finally their overpowering licensing & distribution strategy. By 1985 the home video game market was in shambles. After the oversaturation of the market with dozens of consoles and hundreds of mostly low-quality games‚ it was assumed that the home video game industry was simply a “toy fad” and becoming obsolete. By this time the door was wide open for Nintendo. This allowed Nintendo to establish high royalty licensing agreements with
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