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https://www.wired.com/story/nes-punk-nintendo-gamer/
>in the summer of 2016, Contri released a 437-page, $60 hardback coffee-table-sized bible called Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library, 1985–1995, which took him nearly three years to finish 1. It includes reviews of every mainstream NES game released in the US along with information and factoids and NES curio history. He wrote 450 of the 800-plus reviews, then compiled it all before publishing it himself.
>He has already planned a sequel to the book, a guide for the Super Nintendo library that he hopes to publish next year. “I am happy, I think—I’ll definitely be happy, once I finish the next book,”
>He earns six figures a year, his revenue coming from merchandise and book royalties; from YouTube ads and the sponsors of his two podcasts, Not So Common, which he hosts by himself, and the Completely Unnecessary Podcast, a show he cohosts with a friend named Ian Ferguson; from the Patreon supporters whose monthly donations help pay for his content.
I'm sorry for being petty, I really am happy for the guy, but six figures? Is that normal income in the US? I'm asking because I've been following Pat for quite a long time, and I know what his videos are like, I know what his podcasts are often like (him being weirdly salty about people online and other collectors). It's just a bit hard to believe.
Also, I heard he completed his North American collection.
No, six figures is well above average in the US. The average single American makes about $35K a year, so with this guy making three times that amount, he's doing very well for himself. His income puts him in the top 16% of earners at least.
I mean writing a book of 800 game reviews seems like no small task (not to mention the hard part of actually making it sell), so more power to him I say. There are a handful of YouTubers putting way less effort in making six figs.
As far as I understand, the book is great. I'd actually like to own one (shipping is a bitch, however).
And I'm sure that a ton of work went into it.
It's not that I think he "doesn't deserve it" (whatever that means), it's more that I'm surprised he manages to earn that much with patreon, his YouTube channel, and the book.
I guess it sells really well
I mean shit, channels with around half a million subscribers are able to support three to four people if they put out videos daily, like the Best Friends Zaibatsu.
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