Forbes top 2000 of 2012. MS, Sony, Nintendo, Apple, Samsung and Google listed.

[KHlover]

wfz said:

KHlover said:

wfz said:
Nintendo was founded in 1947? What?

"Um den Vertrieb der Hanafuda-Karten im Ausland zu ermöglichen, gründete Sekiryo Yamauchi im Jahr 1947 eine neue Gesellschaft, die Marufuku Co. Ltd (丸福), die 1951 in Karuta Nintendo Co. Ltd. umbenannt wurde."

Rough translation: "To enable the distribution of the Hanafuda playing cards abroad, Sekiryo Yamauchi founded a new corporation/company (not entirely sure on this one) named Marufuku Co. Ltd (丸福) in 1947 which later was renamed "Karuta Nintendo Co. Ltd.".

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#1889.E2.80.931970

Interesting, the english wiki says nothing of that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#As_a_card_company_.281889.E2.80.931956.29

I didn't know Nintendo re-made themselves in 1947. I thought they had been the same company since 1889.

Yeah, I was also suprised when I read this. I don't see a source for this statement, though (probably hidden on the japanese website of Nintendo). But since it lines up with Forbes info (which is a reliable source) I suspect it is true.