Business Description
Nintendo designs and sells video-game hardware and software. The Switch family, launched in 2017, has shipped more than 150 million units and was succeeded by Switch 2 in 2025; software is dominated by first-party franchises — Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, Splatoon — that the company develops in house and sells only on its own machines.
That closed model makes margins depend on the mix between hardware, sold at modest profit, and software and digital downloads, which are far more profitable. Beyond games, Nintendo licenses its characters into films, the Super Nintendo World theme-park areas and merchandise, a strategy intended to reduce its dependence on the console replacement cycle. Founded in Kyoto in 1889 as a maker of hanafuda playing cards, it was incorporated in its present form in 1947.
Corporate Data
| Ticker | 7974 |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Market Segment | Prime Market |
| Sector | Other Products |
| Head Office | 11-1 Kamitoba-hokotate-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8501, Japan |
| Founded | November 20, 1947 |
| Fiscal Year End | March 31 |
| Website | Official website |