Nintendo ranks third in list of top 20 Japanese game companies for average yearly income
Japanese software developer SalesNow has posted a new list that ranks the top 20 Japanese game companies based on average yearly income, with Nintendo coming in third. This is based on salaries between June 2024 and June 2025. Data is based on commercial and real estate registries, tax office disclosures, Japan’s government gazette, and data made public by government agencies and companies.
Nintendo’s average yearly income is at around $65,000 USD. Only Sony and Bandai Namco rank higher. SEGA, Capcom, and Koei Tecmo are also in the top ten.
The full list of top 20 Japanese game companies for average yearly income including a look at where Nintendo stands is as follows:
| Rank | Company | Average yearly income (JPY and rough approximate in USD) |
| 1 | Sony Group Corporation | 11,132,231 ($75k USD) |
| 2 | Bandai Namco Holdings | 10,950,000 ($74k USD) |
| 3 | Nintendo | 9,626,857 ($65k USD) |
| 4 | Sega Sammy Holdings | 8,791,596 ($59k USD) |
| 5 | Akatsuki | 8,557,000 ($57k USD) |
| 6 | DeNA | 8,540,000 ($57k USD) |
| 7 | Capcom | 8,328,000 ($56k USD) |
| 8 | Koei Tecmo Holdings | 8,105,686 ($54k USD) |
| 9 | GungHo Online Entertainment | 7,504,000 ($50k USD) |
| 10 | Bank of Innovation | 7,421,000 ($50k USD) |
| 11 | Crooz | 7,290,000 ($49k USD) |
| 12 | Nexon | 7,256,000 ($49k USD) |
| 13 | Drecom | 7,188,223 ($48k USD) |
| 14 | Konami Group Corporation | 7,108,375 ($48k USD) |
| 15 | Digital Hearts Holdings | 6,743,000 ($45k USD) |
| 16 | Colopl | 6,719,000 ($45k USD) |
| 17 | Imagineer | 6,528,603 ($44k USD) |
| 18 | KLab | 6,449,000 ($43k USD) |
| 19 | MyNet | 6,339,917 ($42k USD) |
| 20 | FuRyu | 6,231,302 ($42k USD) |
The list above follows other recent information shared by Nintendo in which we saw that the company is retaining 98 percent of its staff at its Japanese headquarters. You can get a look at that and many other tidbits here.
Thanks to SalesNow and Automaton for the news.
