Companies can be based  on the sales of two things, products and/or services. My personal favorite product based company is Nintendo. The company was founded in 1889 and  began making video games in the mid ’70s. At this time, Nintendo crated the first handheld gaming console, the Game and Watch series. Nintendo continued to release many new consoles after that, including the NES, Game Boy, SNES, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Advance. Many of these introduced new and amazing ideas to the gaming industry, such as portability, the ability to switch game cartridges, and the D-pad. Many of the games that were featured on these consoles are still treasured today. In fact, three of the most popular video game franchises, Mario, Pokemon, and The Legend of Zelda, originated from these gaming systems. However, not everything that Nintendo produced was a success. The Virtual Boy, an attempt at an affordable virtual reality console, failed due to poor sales. In spite of this defeat, Nintendo continued to probe the limit with new gaming consoles. One of the next Nintendo consoles, the Wii system was able to use motion detection in its games. The DS was released at the same time, with the 3DS arriving only a few years behind. The Wii U was also released, providing a somewhat lopsided element to some games. Unfortunately, few games were created for this gaming system, as many developers could not grasp the idea of an unbalanced game. However, the half a dozen people who bought the Wii U were able to play some very unique games. The newest console that Nintendo has released is the Switch, which combines both handheld games and bigger gaming systems.