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i'm surprised that the japanese don't have many as many 10 bln+ net worth individuals as americans.  all those moguls are from very traditional industries, except video games, which sort of qualifies as high tech.  guess they really missed out on the tech boom.



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Lingyis said:
i'm surprised that the japanese don't have many as many 10 bln+ net worth individuals as americans. all those moguls are from very traditional industries, except video games, which sort of qualifies as high tech. guess they really missed out on the tech boom.
or they arent greedy tight wads and invest in technologies instead of saying "that wont work" all the time.

 



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That is interesting. Now if I only had that pic about how the Wii and DS print money...



So where's the big man from Sony? If there is one.



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DonWii said:
That is interesting. Now if I only had that pic about how the Wii and DS print money...

 I have a better one that's DS related.

 



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ckmlb said:
So where's the big man from Sony? If there is one.

 There isn't one. Not that Sony isn't a big company, obviously, but Yamauchi's wealth comes from stocks. The key thing to notice is this:

When Yamauchi took over Nintendo, it was a fairly small company that manufactured playing cards. When he left, it was one of (if not the most) profitable video game developer in the world.

The head of Sony (the last one I know of is Ohda, current is Stringer) inhereted a giant, multi-media empire. When he left, it was a giant, multi-media empire. 

Yamauchi's stock options probably rose to hundreds of times their initial value. No joke. Sony's stock has grown, but at the usual, slow pace of a company that's already Sony's size. That's the difference. Nintendo's new CEO, Sataru Iwata, won't see these figures unless Nintendo grows as much during his reign as it did during Yamauchi's. Which is unlikely unless Nintendo becomes the largest corporation in the world. 



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Which COULD happen...
Interesting analysis. I guess that makes sense.

Of course, that is not the case with CEO's in the United States...



Anyone have Ign's old 4-headed Yamauchi gif?



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both iwata and miyamoto needs bigger bonuses.

if miyamoto is american he would have started up his own company ages ago.   



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