Estimated Seattle Mariners revenue in yen, matched to Nintendo’s years to March 2017–2026

What this is

Estimated Seattle Mariners revenue in yen, matched to Nintendo’s years to March 2017–2026: ¥31.2bn rising to ¥58.3bn.

How it’s built

1. Forbes’ estimates of team revenue for each prior calendar-year season, converted at each Nintendo year’s average exchange rate.
2. In the year to March 2017 the club was 18.8% of Nintendo’s affiliate revenue table; by 2026, 5.3%.

What we assumed

• Forbes’ revenue estimates are taken at face value.No audited figures exist; Forbes does not say whether broadcast or revenue-sharing income is included.
• Each baseball season is matched to the Nintendo year ending the following March.Nearest match for a fiscal year ending in March.
• ¥108 per dollar for the year to March 2017.Close to the 2016 average of about ¥108.7.

Sanity check

The figure is subtracted from Nintendo’s affiliate table to isolate The Pokémon Company, so any error here moves that estimate directly.

Where it comes from

Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:

• EstimateJpy per usd fiscal period average from calendar years, year to March 2018-year to March 2026; year to February 2021-year to February 2026; 2020-2025
• EstimateRevenue/OI, unlabeled earlier Forbes row (probably 2016, year to March 2017), 2016? (year to March 2017)
• EstimateForbes revenue composition, all

Where it’s used

• ProfileFirst Avenue Entertainment (Seattle Mariners)