Wednesday 17 September 2008

Nintendo Set to Make $1.6 million Per Employee


A report from the Financial Times has put the simply stunning recent success of Nintendo into a mind friendly figure. It states that Nintendo is currently set to earn $1.6 million this year, per Employee.
Given the publisher's latest revenue projections and a workforce of less than 3,000 permanent employees, the business-focused site believes the Wii maker will top the per-employee profit numbers of heavy hitters like Google and Goldman Sachs. The Financial Times believes the search engine giant pulled in about $626,000 for each of its employees, while the global investment firm managed $1.24 million.

Nintendo keeps its profits up a few ways, most notably by outsourcing manufacturing and some game development. It also saves a bundle on employee salaries. Where Goldman Sachs' average employee made $660,000 in total compensation for 2007, the average Nintendo salary clocked in at $90,900.

Now, if only the employees were able to get their hands on that $1.6 million, Nintendo would never have staffing issues again.

Source: Gamespot

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