Overview

• Nintendo acknowledged at its July 7 shareholder meeting that larger-scale, lengthier game production for Switch 2 has significantly driven up development costs and business risk.
• The company will invest in more efficient development processes to streamline workflows and contain rising expenses.
• It is exploring shorter production cycles for games that can still deliver fresh, novel experiences to players.
• Leadership is devising strategies to preserve Nintendo’s traditional creative ethos even as project scopes and durations expand.
• The firm will closely monitor hardware and software pricing to ensure higher costs do not price out younger audiences.