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No Brain Training profits for Kawashima
No Brain Training profits for Kawashima
Euro gamer - January 30, 2008
Submitted by apujanata (5) at 3:24PM PST on January 31, 2008
17 million Brain Training games sold worldwide, resulting in JPY 2.4 billion (GBP 11 million) royalties, 50% of which COULD be Kawashima's share. But he said his annual salary of JPY 11 million (GBP 50,000) is plenty enough to live on.
"Not a single yen has gone in my pocket. Everyone in my family is mad at me but I tell them that if they want money, go out and earn it," he revealed.
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1apujanata posted on Brain Age 2 (DS) at 3:26PM PST on January 31, 2008. RE: No Brain Training profits for Kawashima@apujanata,
Additional interesting snippet :
He's not too keen on his sons spending hours playing games either. They're banned from going near the things on weekdays, and only get one hour at weekends. Kawashima once destroyed a game disc when they broke the rules.
"What is scary about games is that you can kill as many hours as you want," he said. "I don't think playing games is bad in itself but it makes children unable to do what they should do such as study and communication with the family."
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15apujanata posted on Brain Age 2 (DS) at 3:24PM PST on January 31, 2008. Article: No Brain Training profits for Kawashima17 million Brain Training games sold worldwide, resulting in JPY 2.4 billion (GBP 11 million) royalties, 50% of which COULD be Kawashima's share. But he said his annual salary of JPY 11 million (GBP 50,000) is plenty enough to live on. "Not a single yen has gone in my pocket. Everyone in my family is mad at me but I tell them that if they want money, go out and earn it," he revealed.[ Oracle ] [ Level 27 ] [ Rank: 5 ]
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The source of the Euro gamer article is this
The source article is more complete, and provide more insight into Kawashima's life (family and work).