Topic: Nintendo Surpasses Sony in Market Value

[WindyMan]

Thanks to the Wii and DS, the total value of Nintendo stock is now higher than that of its Japanese rival.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13706

 Word from Japan is that Nintendo's total market value has surpassed that of Sony.  (Market value refers to the number of total company shares held by all investors times the value of each share, or simply, the sum of all the money invested in a company.)  According to a Bloomberg report, Nintendo's value is 6.57 trillion yen ($53.2 billion), while Sony has a value of 6.48 trillion yen ($52.5 billion).    

Realize that we're talking the companies as a whole, here.  Sony is a company that does business in arenas outside of the game industry, and because of its involvement in consumer electronics it takes in eight times the revenue as Nintendo.  Yet, Nintendo, with its mighty Wii and DS, is now a more valuable company to invest in.    

For the curious, the market value of Microsoft is something in the neighborhood of $282 billion, which is around 5 times that of Sony or Nintendo.

[KDR_11k]

BRIEFLY. It was only for a part of the day and went back down at the end so it's not higher now. However it's still impressive for a "small" company like Nintendo to get this close to a giant like Sony.

[tiamat1990]

Holy ****!!! They are completely owning Sony! Bloody hell...I mean Sony makes laptops, TVs, Consoles and god knows what else and Nintendo, a company that sells two products is totally kicking their ass. Bravo Nintendo!! *cue thunderous applause and standing ovation*

[ThePerm]

lol, this is great. so does this mean Nintendo is going third party soon?

[pyrokamileon]

hehe it sure does, you know there's no way a gaming system without Halo or GTA could possibly do any good!

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

IT'S JUST A FAD

[Klapaucius]

Wow. We'll have to start finding ways to fit ? (Yen) signs into Nintendo's name...

(well, that sucks. a Yen sign becomes a ? )

[NWR_insanolord]

Nint-yen-do

[Dirk Temporo]

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
BRIEFLY. It was only for a part of the day and went back down at the end so it's not higher now. However it's still impressive for a "small" company like Nintendo to get this close to a giant like Sony.

Where did you hear that?

[KDR_11k]

In the original thread?