Making things

Capcom is not only a company that must keep landing new hits. New releases reactivate older games, while digital distribution, PC, global pricing, media use and licensing extend the selling life of IP. An in-house engine and more than 3,000 developers support that cycle.

Yamaha is not moving away from being an instrument maker. It is extending the sound technologies and musician relationships built through instruments into spaces, cars, software, and ongoing services.

Oriental Land was not merely trying to increase attendance: it was raising the value of each visit through experiences, hotels and heavy capital investment, while preparing to move its next growth platform beyond Maihama and onto the sea.

Rather than moving away from games, Nintendo looks like a company built to sell games for a long time and invest heavily in whatever comes next.