Masahiro Sakurai Celebrates First Anniversary Of His YouTube Channel

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It’s very rare these days that we get to talk about something truly unique and special happening. After all, while the gaming industry is about innovation to a certain extent, a lot of parity and repetition has gone on over the years, making it feel very muddled. So when Masahiro Sakurai announced that he was doing a special YouTube channel about “Creating Games,” he would use the videos to relay his insight about the gaming industry, game design, the titles he’s worked on, and more, people were very excited. One year later, they’re even more excited about what may come next.

While it may not feel like it, the “Creating Games” channel has officially been around for a year. Sakurai himself posted about this on Twitter and noted that in that timeframe, he launched 140 videos in the first year.

きょうは番組開始から一周年です!

動画数は約140本｡
がんばった方だと思います｡
ゲームを作る人にも遊ぶ人にも､あるいは働く人にもなにかが得られる番組を目指していますので､引き続きよろしくお願いします! pic.twitter.com/1UivgvccAt

Furthermore, if you look at the English version of the tweeted video, you’ll hear that Masahiro Sakurai wants this channel to continue for years to come. He acknowledges that what he’s doing is rather niche but hopes that this will help game developers both presently and in the future. That is his main goal for the channel, which is why he wants to keep it running for a long time.

While it’s true that his videos aren’t breaking the internet views-wise, that doesn’t mean he’s not successful on his channel. The English version of the channel alone has over half a million subscribers, and he has just as much on the Japanese version of the channel.

Furthermore, while the views go up and down depending on the topic, there’s no denying that some of these topics are incredibly popular or useful to those thinking