It’s the buzz of the financial world, Nintendo market value has passed Japanese giant Sony, according to Bloomberg.
Fueled by the global fever for the Pokemon GO app it backed, Nintendo has pushed its market value to the next level, passing Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. and extending a run that started after the Pokemon GO become a global phenomenon.
The once small Japanese company is now worth almost $40 billion. It’s now much bigger than Sony, which said to be at $38.38 billion.
Nintendo’s value has increased exponentially, all thanks to the app called Pokemon GO, a free-to-play location-based augmented reality, a mobile game developed in collaboration with Niantic Labs, a Google/Alphabet spinoff company.
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The massively popular mobile app has already added $7.5 billion to Nintendo’s market value since its official launch. But despite its huge success in the market, Nintendo has also experienced few problems with the game. The game’s international launch has been halted due to server issues caused by unexpected high demand.
The server issues have resulted in negative press, with some media claiming that the game’s initial iteration is a buggy mess on all levels. In addition, there’s also some few security concerns involving user's Google accounts.
Nintendo didn’t directly develop or publish the Pokemon Go mobile game. Nintendo holds only a significant stake in the series’ licensor, which is The Pokemon Company. Because of the huge popularity of the app in the market, Nintendo has become the second most popular brand on social media at the time, according to the latest data from BrandWatch.
Pokemon GO was developed and published by Niantic Labs, a former Google’s augmented reality division. Both Google and Nintendo invested an estimated $30 million in Niantic Labs while it was still developing the widely popular mobile
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