The guy mentions "I did stocks and futures". If the guy is a (retail) trader, and he's half good at it then he could be making $5k per day, and in that lense, 70k is peanuts.
There are so many things we don't know about this story, that's a WSJ clickbait :)
I would go as far as to say that any expensive hobby would take 2 weeks of someone's yearly salary. This could be music (listening or making), golf, photography, painting, Blurays... Tons of things.
The article says:
>For this video, The Wall Street Journal met 31-year-old Daigo, who dedicates most of his time—and financial resources—to “Fate/Grand Order.”
Thus, it explicitly says he spends "most of his financial resources" on the game. For anyone to spend > 50% of their financial resources on a video game is clearly indicative of an addiction.
The guy mentions "I did stocks and futures". If the guy is a (retail) trader, and he's half good at it then he could be making $5k per day, and in that lense, 70k is peanuts.
There are so many things we don't know about this story, that's a WSJ clickbait :)