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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Company overview Nintendo is a Japanese based corporation founded in 1989. It’s original purpose was producing handmade hanafuda cards. After failed attempts at changing the direction of the company‚ it found success in the interactive entertainment systems and software industry. It changed its name from Nintendo Playing Card Company to Nintendo Company‚ Ltd. in 1963. Since then‚ Nintendo Co. has been creating video games and gaming systems that have become tops in their respective categories. In
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Nintendo’s Wii U Marketing Case Study Wii U launch: make or break for Nintendo Three years ago‚ Nintendo was king of the $78 billion videogame industry. The Wii was a smash hit and Nintendo’s DS hand-held was the best-selling portable gaming device. But a series of stumbles—a lukewarm debut for Nintendo’s 3DS hand-held game player and a sharp decline in Wii sales—raised questions about whether the company is on the wrong side of a generational divide. Nintendo has refused to veer from
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near monopoly of the U.S. video game console market in the late 1980s? There are a few different factors that allowed Sega to break Nintendo’s near monopoly of the U.S. video game console market. First‚ the introduction of a 16-bit system was huge. This was double the original 8-bit systems that were out and consumers were anxious to try it because of the enhanced graphics. Second‚ Sega made their new system backward compatible with its 8-big Master System games meaning that anyone who already
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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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Nintendo Q4. What conditions now serve as barriers to effective competitive response? 1. Technology development Traditionally‚ Sony‚ Nintendo and Microsoft will create a new battle every five or six years‚ so it means that to develop a new and good product takes time. For the cost aspect‚ as the consoles are expensive‚ the cost of the video games is increased as well. In order to fulfill the customers’ need‚ company has to make more attractive and complex games and this will cost a
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Competition • High Development Costs Recommendations for • Saas Video Games Nintendo’s Competitors • Focus on Youth Markets Industry Environment & Products Environment Dominance of 3 industry leaders • 2000 • 2006 • 2007 Sony Microsoft Nintendo Products Technologically Advanced • Fast Processing Speed • High Definition Video • Complex Games Young Adult Customers • Mostly male • Late 20s - early 30s • Disposable Income Multi-use consoles • Movies • Music • TV Shows Shrinking
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Promotion Nintendo knows that it has a unique and attractive product to a wide demographic at an affordable price. To generate the sales and profits that we have forecasted though will require all of the above features to be effectively communicated to our customers. This is where promotion enters the marketing mix. This mix will consist of a blend of personal selling‚ advertising‚ sales promotion‚ public relations‚ and web site. Our promotional strategy will be based on the Wii Fit target audience
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Positioning Macdougall knew the younger the audience he targeted the less likely they were to already own a Game Boy product. The teen market was more sophisticated in a variety of ways. First‚ many in this segment already had a black and white Game Boy and a library of five or six games. As a result‚ they viewed the product as “old technology”. Many teens appeared to have moved past the handheld machines to consoles‚ which offered greater speed and game complexity. Also‚ teens tended to purchase machines
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though Nintendo entered the video game market before than the others? Nintendo has a rapid expansion of the brand in the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ when Nintendo enjoyed a near monopoly in console gaming worldwide. But in the mid-1990’s Sony with its play station and Microsoft with Xbox are introduced. Nintendo then made a number of serious errors that saw its market share drop off sharply against competitors. And also Sony has lots of products as reliable brand in addition to this Nintendo has easy
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