Donkey Kong Jr. Math can't calculate THIS equation. United Kingdom-based business newspaper The Financial Times did some figuring and discovered that each employee of Nintendo generates $1.6 million when taking total profit and dividing amongst the individuals of Nintendo's staff. Compare this figure to global money manager firm Goldman Sachs with its $1.24 million per employee total and internet megapower Google with its $626,000 per employee total. Keep in mind that Nintendo's entire permanent worldwide staff is shockingly small at only 3,768 employees with Goldman Sachs having 30,522 employees worldwide and Google having 19,604 employees worldwide.
ALSO keep in mind that even with this comparatively tiny staff Nintendo—which only makes videogame products, toys, and playing cards—is (as of October 2007) the #3 most valuable company in Japan under #1 ranked car manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation (316,121 employees), the largest automaker in the entire world, and #2 ranked Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (34,274 employees), the largest bank in all of Japan and 2nd largest bank in the whole world. Jesus!
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This rich fruit for their labors is achieved through strategic outsourcing manufacturing of systems (Wii is all outsourced to outside firms) and development of some games like the Mario Party series made by Hudson Soft. Nevertheless, the mean average for Nintendo employee pay comes in at only $90,900 while the employees from first comparison Goldman Sachs receive $660,000 in mean average. Shareholders receive the bulk of that profit. Extra note: Should Nintendo make good on their net profit goal of ¥410 billion (approx. $3.9 billion U.S.) this year, then they will rival the moneyminded firm's pre-tax return on equity (which sounds good whatever it means). Wonder how that stacks up to Google? Be a good Junior and do the Math!
Thanks a lot, GamesIndustry.biz.
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