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The Pokemon Company, among many others, announced their 2015 results for brand licensing (retail sales) through License Global!. Not surprising, The Walt Disney Company placed first with $52.5 Billion (gotdam) in total retail sales of licensed products worldwide.
On the other hand, The Pokemon Company placed 29th with $2.1 Billion in total retail sales of licensed products worldwide (which includes the likes of TCG, video games, anime, VOD offerings, etc.)
Summary of Nintendo's Executive Meeting for 2016:
Nintendo Exec 1: "We got no NX or Zelda for the holiday season, what do we do?"
Nintendo Exec 2: "Delay the anticipated Paper Mario Wii U release for the holidays maybe?"
Nintendo Exec 1: "That may not be enough..."
Silence ensues while Nintendo executives think of a plan.
Pokemon Exec comes in: "We got Pokeymans"
Nintendo Execs: "Thank God"
http://images2.advanstar.com/PixelMags/license-global/pdf/2016-05-top150.pdf
On the other hand, The Pokemon Company placed 29th with $2.1 Billion in total retail sales of licensed products worldwide (which includes the likes of TCG, video games, anime, VOD offerings, etc.)
The Pokémon 20th anniversary kicked off with the brands first ever Pokémon Super Bowl ad during Super Bowl 50, which was viewed by more than 110 million people during the game and watched more than 26 million times on YouTube. The spot encourages fans to Train On. Four Mythical Pokémon video game character distribution events will take place at participating GameStop locations throughout 2016, with one being distributed quarterly. TOMY International, Pokémons master toy licensee, has also created special Mythical Pokémon figures and plush to celebrate 20 years of Pokémon. Pokémon TCG fans can celebrate 20 years of Pokémon with the Pokémon TCG: Generations expansion. Highly anticipated Pokémon video games launch in 2016, including the fast-action fighting game for the Wii U, Pokkén Tournament, which launched in March. Also, the seventh generation of Pokémon video games, Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon,will launch in time for holiday season for the Nintendo 3DS family systems.
Summary of Nintendo's Executive Meeting for 2016:
Nintendo Exec 1: "We got no NX or Zelda for the holiday season, what do we do?"
Nintendo Exec 2: "Delay the anticipated Paper Mario Wii U release for the holidays maybe?"
Nintendo Exec 1: "That may not be enough..."
Silence ensues while Nintendo executives think of a plan.
Pokemon Exec comes in: "We got Pokeymans"
Nintendo Execs: "Thank God"
http://images2.advanstar.com/PixelMags/license-global/pdf/2016-05-top150.pdf