Nintendo recently released figures for its production costs over the past three years, and spending on hardware parts and development have risen dramatically.
Nintendo’s spending trends since 2015 can tell the story of when the company is developing new products. Costs for hardware development skyrocketed in 2019 and 2021 the years that the Switch Lite and Switch OLED released respectively. In fact, hardware development costs were at an all time high for the company in 2021, costing ¥3.7 billion (approximately $27 million) compared to 2020’s ¥19 million (a mere $140,000).
