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

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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.

Maybe they are refering to some date of registration in the 1940s which signaled the official start of Nintendo. Maybe Nintendo provides this number because its the correct one from a bureaucratic view point ? Data got lost in the war or something ?