God, it's like you people enjoy being miserable
Evangelion Unit-01
am I right to be somewhat upset about this? Shigeru Miyamoto only makes 1.7 million each year and has a net worth of 40 million....
Japan is very different than USA in that regard, the company gets the earnings, even if his work have produced billions for Nintendo.
Something has to be off, how can he only have earned that much, when he created several dozen characters that have heavily influenced gaming as a whole? He created Mario...Mario is probably the most famous character of all time, around the world. I thought I was going to see something crazy like 800 million or that he alone made 17 million dollars off Mario and Yoshi plushies alone this decade...
He's well off and rich as hell, and money isn't all that important in the grand scheme of things, but I'm totally confused as to how this legend hasn't amassed hundreds of millions off of royalties alone
I'm not miserable. Sorry for suggesting you think about public vs private personas for a moment.
This was also my first reaction.... even though I'd already read the interview.so am I the only one who thought he wants to make a theme park based on this based on the thread title?
You wanted to prove me right that badly ?
At least when i buy my over priced Nintendo game i can sell it for 3/4 of retail price instead of £3-4.
Nintendo games retain some good value for sure!
It's not too unusual. Thats how most creatives work. When he invented Mario, Zelda, etc he was working for Nintendo so they own all of the properties. It's similar to Stan Lee at Marvel-they're salary employees and can't collect royalties because they don't own the characters they create. Its also a situation where neither Nintendo nor Miyamoto knew that he would go on to create something as big as Mario-he was just a normal employee at one point. Most Nintendo execs don't make a ton of money; they could probably negotiate higher salaries but I think they are the type people that genuinely love what they do and make more than enough to live very comfortably. Now if he ever decided to go work for Sony or Microsoft I'm sure he could negotiate royalties on whatever he created. Usually when royalties are involved its when a creator shops a property he/she has created independently out to a studio or when a well regarded creative is moving to a new company/role.
Something has to be off, how can he only have earned that much, when he created several dozen characters that have heavily influenced gaming as a whole? He created Mario...Mario is probably the most famous character of all time, around the world. I thought I was going to see something crazy like 800 million or that he alone made 17 million dollars off Mario and Yoshi plushies alone this decade...
He's well off and rich as hell, and money isn't all that important in the grand scheme of things, but I'm totally confused as to how this legend hasn't amassed hundreds of millions off of royalties alone
Well said.
Miyamoto is a Creative Fellow. He doesn't control any of this.
Victim culture at its finest. Must've been nurtured for a long time.
The fuck are you talking about? Stop quoting me to post some dumb shit.
Stop blaming someone when you posted dumb shit then. Own up your shit for once.
I can only repeat myself.
Lol, it's the ignorance phase now. I know it's embarrassing but your posts are not going anywhere.
I hope you get the help you need.
Lol. We're back to counter emoting now? I thought you're gonna be ignorant to the end. That's good progress I'm glad.
They're old. It hurts to move. Let them fucking sit down. He's not talking about crippled young people here.
Well, technically they are not dead, just popping out from screen
By a long shot.
