Comments on: “I don’t care if it doesn’t sell, I just want to make the game I want to make” Japanese streamer-turned-game dev on why he invested $160k into a niche passion project

By: 3 Dog

3 Dog — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:51:57 +0000

I don’t love the idea of jumping into a “YouTuber game,” but I had no idea about the YouTuber part and just saw Monster Rancher. And after playing it, definitely a worthy love letter to the franchise and I hope it lights a fire under Koei Tecmo so we get more of these in the future.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:45:00 +0000

Actually looks good hope to see more!

By: Tendencies

Tendencies — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:02:33 +0000

You don’t need thousands of dollars to make every game, he only poured in this amount cause he’s a streamer not a game developer. Just practice.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:12:42 +0000

boy, YouTube just makes mfs rich anymore, dont it.. know wonder it is what it is nowadays. id love to develop a game too, im so sick of playin short-ass broken games that ya cant even complete cause of bugs and crap.. but seein that it may take over $150,000 just crushed any dream i ever had of creating a game. i dont know who this dude is, i actually steer away from any big YouTubers, cant stand the ads and sponsor shout-out crap.. but hey, you wouldnt make millions if you didnt do all that. i guess is why ill never develop a game. just have to settle for the trash thats released constantly. this game doesnt spark my interest though, not into Pokemon lol. but thats the thing, you build what will sell, not what YOU want. thats your 2nd game.. unless ya just rake in thousands of dollars daily.. the world is so unfair. most of ya wouldnt understand. lol

By: Salt

Salt — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:33:58 +0000

Based, this is the type of passion that gamers want to see, this is exactly how game dev should go

By: ClemCa

ClemCa — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 04:29:31 +0000

As someone who also wants to eventually use savings made in my career for creative purposes, I love that and I wish him success.
Making games is always about passion. Large companies might profit, but any other career in the domain is underpaid. Devs love making games but they don’t often get the freedom to choose what they make, this is great.

By: Jark

Jark — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:14:55 +0000

In the creative business, some of the professionals end up roughly alternating “why” or “what” they make. As a movie director once said, “make one for me (yourself) and [the next] one for them (the fans).”

By: Tethys84

Tethys84 — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:43:07 +0000

Hope this does well. I feel like the level of care Yoshinama has for this game will reflect in its quality.