celine on 09 August 2008
| kn said: 300 million isn't much of a bump and is astonishingly similar to the year prior... I would guess the money goes into various smaller technologies such as motion plus but it is clear, at least through fiscal 2K8, Nintendo isn't doing a ton of work on their next generation or any any revolutionary stuff. @bumidan, Just out of curiosity, what were Nintendo's R&D expenses the 2 years prior to the launch of the Wii? |
R&D ( end 31 march year )
2001 - 17 B yen -125 US$ million
2002 - 17 B yen -126 US$ million
2003 - 14.6 B yen - 121 US$ million
2004 - 15.8 B yen -150 US$ million
2005 - 20.5 B yen -191.7 US$ million
2006 - 30.6 B yen -261.5 US$ million
2007 - 37.7 B yen -319.7 US$ million
2008 - 37 B yen -370 US$ million
“In the entertainment business, there are only heaven and hell, and nothing in between and as soon as our customers bore of our products, we will crash.” Hiroshi Yamauchi
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