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Understanding Nintendo
Forbes recent assignment of Nintendo’s 21% profit drop contains an interesting definition behind the meaning of the root Nintendo. From the article: “Ninten, the Japanese word from which the Nintendo name is derived, is roughly translated as leave luck to heaven or in heaven’s hands.” Maybe that’s why the company is so good at turning […]
Staff·November 29, 2005
Forbes recent assignment of Nintendo’s 21% profit drop contains an interesting definition behind the meaning of the root Nintendo. From the article: “Ninten, the Japanese word from which the Nintendo name is derived, is roughly translated as leave luck to heaven or in heaven’s hands.”
Maybe that’s why the company is so good at turning a profit.
[Source: Forbes]
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Forbes recent assignment of Nintendo’s 21% profit drop contains an interesting definition behind the meaning of the root Nintendo. From the article: “Ninten, the Japanese word from which the Nintendo name is derived, is roughly translated as leave luck to heaven or in heaven’s hands.”
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