Nintendo Stats, News & Games (2023)
Last Updated on: January 30th, 2023
Nintendo Details
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- Year Founded:
- 1889
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- Founder(s):
- Fusajiro Yamauchi
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- Headquarters:
- Kyoto, Japan
- Company Website
Nintendo History
- Year Nintendo was founded: 1889 (yes, seriously)
- Nintendo Products prior to video games: playing cards, cab services, love hotels and toys
- “Nintendo” English translation: “leave luck to heaven”
- Nintendo’s first gaming console: TV-Game15 (1977)
- Nintendo’s first gaming handheld: Game & Watch (1980)
- Original name and launch date for the NES: Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan in 1983
- Year the Nintendo Entertainment System launched: 1985
- Year the Gameboy launched: 1989
Nintendo Consoles:
- Game & Watch (released 1980)
- Nintendo Entertainment System (released 1983)
- Famicom (released 1983)
- Game Boy (released 1989)
- Super Famicom (released 1990)
- Super Nintendo (released 1990)
- Virtual Boy (released 1995)
- N64 (released 1996)
- GameCube (released 2001)
- Game Boy Advance (released 2001)
- DS (released 2004)
- Wii (released 2006)
- 3DS (released 2011)
- Wii U (released 2012)
- Switch (released 2017)
Nintendo Statistics
Here are a few of the more interesting Nintendo facts and important dates in Nintendo history I was able to dig up. As always, I will be adding more and updating these periodically as I find new stuff. Be sure to check back regularly.
As a child growing up in the 80’s, Nintendo played a very big role in my youth. Super Mario Bros, Zelda, Metroid, RBI Baseball, Contra, Castlevania were just a few of a long line of endless 8bit adventures we were challenged by our friends to conquer. Nintendo has evolved some since the days of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, but they continue to entertain children and adults alike with creative and challenging games that are just a bit more sophisticated than those we fondly remember.
So just how big has Nintendo become after all these years? and how much do you really know about this Japanese powerhouse company? Let’s find out…
Total number of Nintendo gaming devices sold all time:
Last updated 8/12/18
Total number of Nintendo consoles sold all time:
Last updated 8/12/18
Total number of Nintendo handheld devices sold all time:
Last updated 8/12/18
Number of Nintendo Account users:
Last updated 9/16/20
Number of Nintendo Switch Online members:
Last updated 9/16/20
Total downloads of Nintendo mobile games:
Last updated 9/16/20
Nintendo revenue (annual):
- FY 2015: $4.5 billion
- FY 2016: $4.53 billion
- FY 2017: $4.366 billion
- FY 2018: $9.958 billion
- FY 2019: $10.914 billion
- FY 2020: $12.115 billion
- FY 2021 H1: $7.4 billion
Total Nintendo mobile game revenue to date:
Last updated 10/3/19
Nintendo mobile game revenue for 2018:
Number of Nintendo employees:
Last updated 4/1/15
Nintendo’s most sold console of all time:
Nintendo DS (154.9 million consoles sold)
Last updated 12/21/19
Percentage of Nintendo sales that are outside Japan:
Last updated 4/1/15
Amount Nintendo spent on research & development in FY 2015:
Nintendo’s estimated value:
Last updated 10/20/16
Number of NES Classic Edition’s sold in November 2016:
Total number of NES Classic sales:
Last updated 2/2/17
Total number of Super NES Classic Edition sales in FY 2018:
Nintendo Games
Here is our enormous collection of Nintendo games and detailed information on each As always, new games are added to this collection regularly.
Click on a game listing below to find out much more about it.
Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these stats come from their own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on this site should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.