Nintendo Platform Technology Development
| Nintendo Platform Technology Development | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Department of Nintendo |
| founding | 16th September 2015 |
| Seat | Kyoto , Japan |
| management | Ko Shiota |
| Branch | Research and Development |
Nintendo Platform Technology Development , abbreviated to Nintendo PTD , is a division of the Japanese video game company Nintendo . She is responsible for the development of new hardware , new operating systems and networks. The department was therefore also responsible for the development of the Nintendo Switch .
It was created in September 2015 from the merger of Nintendo Integrated Research & Development (IRD) and Nintendo System Development (SDD).
history
After Satoru Iwata's death , Tatsumi Kimishima replaced him as the interim president of Nintendo. His job was to reorganize the management of Nintendo. On September 14, 2015, Nintendo published a document that announced the change in personnel due to the merger of Nintendo Integrated Research & Development , IRD for short, and Nintendo System Development , SDD for short. This merger took place on September 16, 2015, simultaneously with the merger of Nintendo EAD and SPD to form Nintendo EPD .
Nintendo EPD was responsible for developing the Nintendo Switch . They were supported by HAL Laboratory , among others . In the course of this they were also responsible for the development of the Joy-Con , which they developed in consultation with software developers.
Ko Shiota, the previous deputy head of Nintendo IRD , is the head of the department, and Takeshi Shimada is his deputy. Shiota reports to Genyo Takeda who holds the position of "Technology Fellow" (German: Technical Advisor).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Marco Kropp: HAL Laboratory actively worked on the Nintendo Switch , In: ntower.de ; dated April 2, 2017, accessed October 22, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Chloi Rad and Jose Otero: Nintendo Reveals Restructuring Plans , In: IGN .com ; dated September 14, 2015, accessed on September 9, 2018.
- ↑ Lukas Schmid: Nintendo - the new corporate structure , In: GameZone.de ; November 18, 2015, accessed September 9, 2018.
- ↑ Tobias Ritter: New Nintendo President - Tatsumi Kimishima probably just a temporary solution , In: GameStar.de ; from September 15, 2015, accessed on September 9, 2018.
- ↑ Lisa Zander: The versatile usability of the Joy-Con was already in the foreground during the development , In: ntower.de ; dated February 11, 2018, accessed April 22, 2019.
- ↑ Matt Peckham: Interview with the Nintendo President , In: TIME .com ; February 7, 2017 Retrieved September 9, 2018.