Nintendo

 Top 10 Nintendo words-

*Mario

*Fun

*DS

*Gameboy

*NES

*WII

*WII U

*Switch

*SNES

Games-

production- Takes 8-9 months (some can take MUCH longer) - Rights, acquisition, voice actors, coders and more

Distribution- internet, TV ,social media

Consumption- Release on multiple platforms, updates and support

Nintendo keep their games on their platforms. 

    EXCLUSIVITY - attracts fans of the game to their entire brand.

Animal crossing doesn't use voice actors - no language barrier.

E3 2019 - Animal Crossing trailer-

Peaceful, isolated, bare bones/basic, soft graphics - no sharp corners, calm soundtrack, relaxing

      Seasonal graphics

                                                    in game                                                   time matches real time

 A social simulation game, franchise, simplistic tasks and activities match what consumers were starved of in 2020 when it released

USP is its tranquility - gives consumer a break from the fast paced nature of life.

Made by 2 developers - Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami

Announced in 2018 - released in 2020

First game to sell 5 million copies in a month.

Won best family game in 2020 game awards

In 6 weeks - surpassed lifetime sales of all previous animal crossing games and became the second best selling game on the switch

15th best selling game OAT

5th fastest seller in its first year - 2 billion gross profit.

How Nintendo protect their products.

Seal Of Quality- guarantees you have purchased a Nintendo quality product

Nintendo games depreciate in value very slowly due to the exclusivity as well as the quality they state they have.

other platforms like steam, tend to regularly discount games or lower the price after a certain amount of time.