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Nintendo Statistics & Games (2024)

Last Updated on: February 6th, 2024

Nintendo Details

- 1889
- Fusajiro Yamauchi
- 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:

727.65 million

Last updated 8/12/18

Total number of Nintendo consoles sold all time:

300 million

Last updated 8/12/18

Total number of Nintendo handheld devices sold all time:

427.11 million

Last updated 8/12/18

Number of Nintendo Account users:

200 million

Last updated 9/16/20

Number of Nintendo Switch Online members:

26 million

Last updated 9/16/20

Total downloads of Nintendo mobile games:

650 million downloads

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:

$913 million

Last updated 10/3/19

Nintendo mobile game revenue for 2018:

$348 million

Number of Nintendo employees:

5,120 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:

70%

Last updated 4/1/15

Amount Nintendo spent on research & development in FY 2015:

$527 million

Nintendo’s estimated value:

$37 billion

Last updated 10/20/16

Number of NES Classic Edition’s sold in November 2016:

196,000

Total number of NES Classic sales:

1.5 million

Last updated 2/2/17

Total number of Super NES Classic Edition sales in FY 2018:

5.28 million

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.

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