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We all know the gaming industry is brutal; the next best thing comes along before the current best thing has even had its 15 minutes in the spotlight. Chiming in, Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto recently reflected that he's worried the younger generations of game developers still want to waste their energy on this ruthlessly competitive cycle.
"Really when we're talking about working with younger people, I always tell them trying to chase the trend or trying to one-up the thing that's the most popular thing right now is going to be difficult," he told IGN.
Rather than letting that stress bring him down, Miyamoto envelopes himself in the fresh creativity of others. "I have the opportunity to work with creative people," he explained. "So it’s not to say I'm sapping their energy, but it really gives me this great stimulus that feeds the energy and creativity that I yearn for."
With Miyamoto's claims that he's not an energy vampire established, he explained that those newer to the industry seek to follow the trends and create the next big thing that somehow tops the last big thing – which he explicitly attempts to discourage.
