- Primary Subject: Nintendo Employee Compensation
- Key Update: Nintendo is raising employee salaries by 10% across the board.
- Status: Published
- Last Verified: 2026-06-26
- Quick Answer: Nintendo is increasing employee salaries by 10% to address rising costs and retain talent in a challenging economic climate.
Nintendo keeps sailing the tides of rising manufacturing costs and economic uncertainty in the best possible way: they are raising their employees' salaries.
It seems like every other week, we get announcements of massive layoffs, studios struggling with funding, and new price hikes for consoles. Amidst all that, Nintendo has had to cave a little, announcing a price increase for the Switch 2 of $50; however, compared to, say, Xbox’s third price hike in two years, which will see the Xbox Series S (their cheapest console) cost $500, those 50 extra bucks pale in comparison.
Now, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa announced they’ll be raising salaries by 10% accross the board in a move to try and retain talent. The full quote, translated by MyNintendoNews, is as follows: “We maintain salaries at an appropriate level. We believe it is important to ensure that compensation remains at an appropriate standard. For example, we have increased pay, including raising base salaries by 10%.”
Nintendo’s in a strong financial position, perhaps the strongest they’ve ever been. The success of the original Switch put them in a healthy financial standing, and they knocked it out of the park with the Switch 2 once again, becoming one of the fastest selling consoles in the United States, even amid this climate of constant manufacturing issues.
The Switch 2’s lineup of games is also very strong for being its first year on the market. You got Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World, Pokémon Pokopia, or the recently released Star Fox. That plus a healthy dose of really good third-party support, particularly from Capcom, who have put out their recent releases day and date alongside other versions, including Resident Evil: Requiem, or Pragmata.
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