Nintendo Nintendo Expanding Office

[Demon_Skeith]

In a year filled with groundbreaking company acquisitions, Nintendo has played its hand and announced that the company has officially acquired more land. This new plot of land is right next to the company's current office in Japan, which Nintendo states will house a new facility to strengthen its R&D department.

In today’s news release via Nintendo’s corporate website, the company announced that it has acquired a roughly 10,000 square meter plot of land directly next to its Kyoto headquarters. The bidding price for this plot of land was 5 billion yen, about 40 million USD. This new land will house a facility tentatively named Corporate Headquarters Development Center, Building 2, with its main objective being R&D reinforcement. Nintendo projects that this new building will be complete by December 2027.

R&D (Research and Development) is a massive part of any hardware manufacturer’s success. It’s where Nintendo would analyze what has made the Nintendo Switch so successful as well as what fans would likely want to see next from the company, and it's where the development of Nintendo's next console comes to fruition. With a $40 million investment and a planned completion date of December 2027, Nintendo might have some big ideas cooking for the hardware side of its business as the Switch begins to age.

 

[froggyboy604]

I wish Nintendo good luck with the office expansion.

Hopefully, the office buildings will look great.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I hope this means that they will be able to make more games.

 

[Artisan Vistra]

R&D made a lot of games in Nintendo's history and they were involved in things like Wario Land and Ware. Yeah, they will work on new technologies and systems for their consoles new and old, but I just hope the measures are far from the Virtual Boy and Wii U era when making their future decisions.

 

[froggyboy604]

I hope the new office will also help with making new consoles and controllers which make gaming more enjoyable for people of all skill levels.

 

[Amin_Parker]

I like the idea of Nintendo expanding their offices. By doing this as well as hiring more Talent Nintendo will be even more self-sufficient

 

[cm2]

Nintendo said it's delayed:

"We had initially announced that a 12-story building would be completed in 2027, but we revised our original plan and decided to up-scale the building. As such, the construction is now scheduled to be completed in 2028."

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Nintendo said it's delayed:

"We had initially announced that a 12-story building would be completed in 2027, but we revised our original plan and decided to up-scale the building. As such, the construction is now scheduled to be completed in 2028."

Wonder why they changed their minds?