NEWS: Japanese Game Industry CEO Salaries Revealed

**NewsBot** · 06-30-2010 02:46 PM

Ever wonder how much Iwata and Miyamoto make?

A recent report in Asahi detailed the salaries of top Japanese game industry executives, including Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and top game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.

The revelation stems from a new requirement that Japanese companies must disclose to shareholders the salaries of board members that exceed ¥100 million. This includes Iwata, who makes an annual salary of ¥187 million, or right around the $2 million USD mark (depending on currency conversion rates). He makes a base salary of ¥68 million (approximately $770,000 USD), with the rest being rewards for performance incentives met. Shigeru Miyamoto is one of a group of six board members that made a combined ¥100 million ($1.1 million USD), but his base salary was not disclosed.

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**angie828** · 03-01-2011 02:22 PM

how cool would that be to make that much money? Doing something that much fun? Awesome.

**renu** · 03-08-2011 01:18 AM

Wow! So much they earn. Well, of course they deserve it as they have given such a good games to the world. They are talented to manage such big house.

**cyanide284** · 03-26-2011 03:51 PM

japan has an extra ordinary ability to build interesting games .. m sure they wud have

**neduet** · 03-29-2011 03:56 PM

oh my god! millions of $$$! i am not even earning in thousands of $$$ at the moment & they are talking about millions! can any one pls. send them my request to give me 10,000$ every month!

**alphagirl** · 04-01-2011 10:50 AM

Japan is a master when comes about games! so much money...

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**doodo** · 04-02-2011 03:44 PM

the question is do they deserve this money??? in my opinion it is somewhat unjust to pay their CEOs much higher salaries & not lower the price of gaming consoles so that everyone can enjoy them!

**runescaper** · 04-02-2011 11:49 PM

How is the stock doing?

**angie828** · 04-04-2011 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by doodo

the question is do they deserve this money??? in my opinion it is somewhat unjust to pay their CEOs much higher salaries & not lower the price of gaming consoles so that everyone can enjoy them!

You make a valid point on this. I do not think that sometimes they think about the people being able to afford them because obviously they can afford it so they think all should.