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In 2021, Nintendo surpassed 28.5 million units in console sales.
Nintendo’s corporate as such had a total number of 6,574 employees.
In 2020, hardware revenue from Nintendo’s Wii, Wii U, and Switch consoles totaled $7.6 billion.
Many companies in the world are betting on projects far removed from their field, with the sole purpose of reaching new users. Nintendo, the video game company, has made it public that acquired Dynamo Pictures Inc.., a company known for making the ‘Pikmin’ short films, with the aim of now creating movies and series.
As one of the main companies in the video game industry is Nintendo, which is a multinational company of software and consumer electronics based in Kyoto, Japan, founded in September 1889. The company has operated since its creation as a single commercial segment and is that of video games, mobile devices and cards.
According to data from your own reportIn 2021, the company exceeded 28.5 million units in console sales, in an industry led by brands such as PlayStation, which has total sales of more than 150 million units in its annual report.
Does Nintendo want to create movies and series?
Nintendo’s new acquisition is about Dynamo Pictures Inc., company known for making the ‘Pikmin’ short films and has been involved in the production of series such as ‘Ghost in the Shell‘, from Netflix, ‘Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance‘ and even in ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero‘.
It was learned that as part of the plan for this purchase, the Japanese company plans to change the name of dynamowhich would be called Nintendo Pictures.
Through the documentation of the purchase, the video game company explained that:
“Nintendo has decided to acquire one hundred percent of the shares of Dynamo Pictures and convert it into a wholly-owned subsidiary to strengthen the planning and production structure of visual content by the Nintendo group. The acquisition plans to close during October 3, 2022, pending the completion of all customary closing terms and conditions.”
This acquisition comes after a Nintendo registry was notified last month in which it was announced the name of two companies, called “Nintendo Studios” Y “M Brothers Productions“and that they will be dedicated to creating content that they plan to bring to the big screen, the ‘Super Mario Bros’ movie, the iconic character of one of the popular video games of the Japanese company that according to data from a ranking created by VGChartz is the second best selling game in the world with 36 million units.
With this purchase, Nintendo demonstrates its interest in creating major series and film productions, which, according to data from a study by IHS Screen Digestthe film industry records profits of 88.3 billion dollars, where only 39 billion come from China.
This type of movement is very strange for companies like Nintendo, since he does not usually acquire studies, but the current panorama has led him to that where its main competitors such as Xbox and PlayStation have redoubled their efforts to bring some of their IPs to the movies or television.
But this type of movement in the business of companies is not only seen in the video game industry, because in the various sectors they are betting on projects that involve platforms streaming and even social networks.
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