Namco Bandai most powerful games company in Japan, as Nintendo tumbles down yearly list

Namco Bandai has emerged as Japan's most powerful games company in this year's edition of Toyo Keizai's Corporate Power Ranking list. Nintendo has taken a large tumble down the rankings, however.

It follows Nintendo's shares tumbling 18% after it announced a projected profit loss.

The business publication posted its list here, as spotted by DualShockers. Here's a shortlist of where the key game companies appeared among the list, which spans all industries:

• 126th – Namco Bandai – Last year’s position: 442nd
• 157th – Broccoli – Last year’s position: not ranked
• 173rd – Nihon Falcom – Last year’s position: 215th
• 292nd – Sony – Last year’s position: 163rd
• 318th – Capcom – Last year’s position: 701st
• 363rd – Sega – Last year’s position: 133rd
• 363rd – Marvelous AQL – Last year’s position: not ranked
• 390th – Tecmo Koei – Last year’s position: 451st
• 567th – Konami – Last year’s position: 355th
• 1647th – Nintendo – Last year’s position: 219th

Positions are determined by a company's growth, profitability, safety and scale, with a score of between 500 and 1000 determined for each category. The sum then decides a company's final ranking. The list features 2,000 companies in total.

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