What this is
How The Pokémon Company earns from Pokémon GO, per Nintendo’s July 2016 disclosure: as rights holder it receives a licence fee and payment for helping develop and run the game.
How it’s built
- Read from a copy of Nintendo’s 22 July 2016 stock-exchange disclosure on GO.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
The disclosure names only The Pokémon Company’s Tokyo company as recipient; it does not state whether Nintendo receives anything. No rate is given.
Where it comes from
Nintendo notice: Pokémon GO (22 Jul 2016, TDnet copy) Nintendo / JPX TDnet · 22 July 2016 Open the original ↗
The line in the source
株式会社ポケモンは、ポケットモンスターの権利保有者としてライセンス料及び開発運営協力に伴う対価を受け取ります。 In English
TPC, as holder of the Pokémon rights, receives a licence fee and consideration for development/operations cooperation.