Nintendo currently has $4.7 billion in the bank

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phaedruss said:
That doesn't sound good. I know they hired a bunch of people and bought a bunch of shares, but damn 4-5 billion down from what a few years ago?

They also built a new R&D building.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/219660/New_Nintendo_development_center_opens_in_Kyoto.php

However, that only accounts for ~186 million dollars.  I believe they also spent ~150 million on an unknown acquisition perhaps relating to their quality of life platform they have been talking about.

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-confirms-it-spent-150-million-on-new-tech-for-a-non-japanese-non-games-company/