Shinji Mikami says games should make players want to finish them themselves

Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami says that if a fan is satisfied with just watching a playthrough, then it can't have been that good of a game. He made the comment amid the rise of YouTube gaming creators, the popularization of let's plays in the late 2000s and the subsequent popularity of Twitch.

Those streams have helped boost some games — particularly Among Us, Five Nights At Freddy's and Phasmophobia — but for some single-player titles simply watching another person play can be enough to satisfy viewers. Comedian and YouTube creator Eiko Kano spoke on TV about an exchange with Mikami after the popularity of his own streams of the series.

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