Former Street Fighter and Mega Man producer spends $500,000 "per account" on his own game to "make sure the biggest spenders don't feel dissatisfied"

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Well, he must be doing something right

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A former Capcom veteran who worked on classic games in the Street Fighter, Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda, and Resident Evil series, Yoshiki Okamoto, admits to spending "¥80 million" or approximately $500,000 "per account" on his own game, in order to get a better understanding of its "biggest spenders."

In an interview that was originally aired on Fuji TV, before being reported on by Sponichi Annex (thanks, Automation), Okamoto justifies his outrageous spending habit on his own game, particularly given that he could just add in-game currency to his accounts via administrator privileges.

On Twitter, under a post about the interview, one Japanese user suggests that Okamoto could give himself the in-game currency via the backend. However, he believes this wouldn't give him the same insight. "I know there are administrator privileges," Okamoto writes. "But [if I used them] it would be difficult to understand the users' feelings."

The fact that he has enough money to spend millions on his own game means he must be doing something right.

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George Young
George Young
Freelance News Writer

Freelance writer, full-time PlayStation Vita enthusiast, and speaker of some languages. I break up my days by watching people I don't know play Pokemon pretty fast.

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