Task 1

Rockstar Games
Background: 1998 in New York City
Owner/founder: Sam Houser and Dan Houser
Most successful games: Grand Theft Auto series
Interesting fact about the institution: They made the amount of production budget back before the game was released

EA (Electronic Arts)
Background: 1982 in California
Owner/founder: Trip Hawkins
Most successful games: FIFA
Interesting fact about the institution: They had become one of the world’s largest third-party publishers by the early 2000s

Zynga
Background: 2007 in California
Owner/founder: Mark Pincus
Most successful games: Farm-ville
Interesting fact about the institution: Their shares dropped to $2.09 in 2012

Nintendo
Background: 1889 in Japan
Owner/founder: Fusajiro Yamauchi
Most successful games: Donkey Kong
Interesting fact about the institution: Since December 31, 2013, Nintendo has sold over 669.36 million hardware units and 4.20 billion software units

Sony Computer Entertainment
Background: 1993 in Japan
Owner/founder: Andrew House
Most successful games: Little Big Planet
Interesting fact about the institution: