Possible to make money playing games?

I think you could make MUCH more than $200 out of it.
My friends cousin already makes hundreds from selling gold, selling guides and one or two starter accounts.
Although, it's not the best method of making money in the world.

 

i don't believe that it is possible to you to earn money by playing games..

 

It is possible to earn money thats not the question but just how much and if its worth it.. For example alot of asian countries the cost of living is so much cheaper then in western countries.. For 3 meals a day in asia you can spend about $3 dollars. If you look at most responses to this thread most are saying you can do it. Im not speaking at all doing it in the western society.. you can easily get a job a 7 eleven and make more money probaly. Although if you are organized and know good way to make gold quick you might be able to make better money.

 

thanks for the info budyy..can you PM me if you know , how can i start as a game tester?

 

game testers are for people who know what there doing, thats what betas are for so all you fishes who know nothing about coding and problems come in. Real game testers have to go to college for programming and what not usually the people who code also test the game themselves.

Although in rare occasions people do hire you if you write good in-depth reviews and issues you come across. the Devs see you as a person who is willing to take the time to tell them everything they need to know and you can be paid to test games. Don't expect to make it a career or plan your life around it. most only get 100-200$ for a couple days of testing out a game for a report.

Point is you have to prove yourself to them that:

1. your a good writer.
2. you write good reports.
3. you put effort into what you do.
4. you know what your doing and know what your talking about.

Other than that theres no real other way to break into that business unless you have a degree and work for a game company. That business is very boring and tedious work. People see these commercials of kids playing games and throwing in sound effects into the game from a lazy boy chair. Its not like that at all, your in a cubical like any other computer worker and you look at lines of code all day and usually you have to type 500 lines of code just for a character on the screen to do a certain action. Games take forever to make and the only good parts of game industry are the designing and animation. The actual coding part is very tedious but it pays very good. but you also need a degree.

 

It's not so easy.perhaps some one did it well,But The most people can't benefit from online games

 

Thanks for the information!

 

write blog posts, you may earn more.

 

this is definitely not the best way to earn your living !

 

brother i also dont have any information about it but if its true so please tell about the process that how to do it?

 

Yes, I heard you, so if you have 14 hours a day good luck!

 

I know we can earn money thru playingl but never heard someone make a living out of it.

 

yeah that would be easy, especially if you had a leveling guide

 

I play for fan not for money

 

More like $0.80 per mil now. ):

 

I have no idea about this.

 

yes it is possible

 

This is the only way I know how that will get you into making money without having any knowledge or skills regarding the gaming industry. How do I know? Because I myself am studying to work in the game industry as a professional texture/3D modeler (or animation if I choose to change it later on) and have been told (repeatedly) by people who work in the field that it's the only job that you anyone without experience can do. Y'know, other than be a janitor at the place.

That and a friend's husband is doing the same thing I am, except he's aiming to be a game tester by gaining a college degree in some for-profit school that accepts anyone with a paycheck. Don't do that. That's the best way to lose thousands of dollars by doing something that a high school student can do. I'll be attending a school specialized in visual effects and media (Gnomon School of Visual Effects) working anywhere from 9AM-10PM (because that is the schedule of most people that work in this field), meanwhile he goes to school online for maybe two hours every other day. My school has industry professionals working there (when I had called admissions EA was actually upstairs critiquing students to see who they could recruit), his has instructors who have general degrees in regular state colleges/universities with almost no experience into what's current today. I had to do a rigorous portfolio to be accepted, interview, and small Q+A essays, his just required money for entrance fees.

But probably the most shocking part of it all is that when I ask what exactly his field was all he said was, "Making games." as if he was assembling a Christmas tree. He clearly fell for the scenario killafawk pointed out because when I spoke code with him he just stares at me blankly.

 

I've seen people selling chips in facebook. Not really sure it is really worth to concentrate on it. Perhaps we can share how to do it. Maybe to get some side income.

 

have you heard about dungeon and treasures? google it. you got paid to play the games.