How to make money from video games
Love computer games and can’t tear yourself away from them? Let’s talk about whether you can make money from your hobby.
How do you make money playing games?
There are games that allow you to sell virtual items for real money. Developers allow gamers to earn an income by advertising these projects. Many games are designed for entertainment, not to make money.
Since there are a lot of gamers and just people who enjoy watching streams, reading articles and supporting their favorite eSports teams, it’s possible to earn money on this as well.
These days, more and more people are into video games and some people work on making them, which means that this field, although it has many competitors, is quite lucrative.
But moving away from reality, and immersed in a virtual world, the gamer literally kills his health, and this is the biggest disadvantage.
The gamer-blogger can spend a long time promoting his own brand, spending money on everything you need.
Where to start
Before you start making money from video games, you have to realise that it’s not just fun, it’s titanic work. Even cyber-sport players have a hard time training before they enter tournaments and they don’t do it just because they like it.
If you’ve decided to become a video game developer, you need to have an in-depth knowledge of some exact sciences.
What are the options for making money in games
Game Streaming. A streamer can be someone who streams live online. In order to stream, you need to go to a special service.
Here are some of the main platforms:
- Twitch.
- YouTube.
- Mixer.
- GoodGame.
How does a streamer make money then? It’s very simple, his income depends on donations from viewers and advertisers.
YouTube. Here everything is very simple, the author records videos and puts them on his channel. You can mount a compilation of different curiosities in the game. But your videos in total accumulate 4 thousand hours of viewing, and the channel – 1ts. subscribers video hosting will offer you to join the “affiliate”. By taking advantage of the offer, you will get a percentage of advertising in front of your video content.
By creating content about video games, you can also earn money. You need to go through the game and do a review and have time to release it before your competitors do. The advertising and followers in this case will bring in money. If your review “catches” your audience, you will eventually be approached by developers and offered money for reviewing their “brainchild”.
You can get income from video games by being a professional journalist. If you are able to tell interesting stories about the games, and the audience increases, then develop in this direction.
Write articles, analyze each story of the game and put your articles on gaming resources: Kanobu and DFT. If your material will be useful for the audience and will gather positive comments, the editorial office will offer you a collaboration.
A professional gamer will be a good mentor for newcomers. By choosing this earning option, you get money for their knowledge and advice on passing the difficult moments of the game.
You can also get income for pumping characters. Find someone willing to buy a “ready” character can be on the resources with similar themes.
Want to make money on the games, go into cybersport. But this way of earning is suitable only for those who are willing to work at least 12 hours a day. You need to be the best player, then you will have a chance to get invited to tournaments or competitions in cybersport.
If you are into team-based online games, be prepared to play and train in a team with equally skilled gamers. By signing a contract with an organisation that breeds eSports players you can earn a salary.
Selling artefacts also earns money. The most valuable are skins, which have an impact on the character’s armour or weapon.
This type of activity is most profitable on the Steam trading platform.
Another type of income in video games – bots. These virtual “creatures” do everything faster than real people. They can engage in mining necessary items for resale to other gamers. But be very careful, the creation and use of bots is punished by the developers.
You can also earn:
- By creating games.
- testing.
- Using “affiliate partners”.
- playing intellectual, logical and gambling online entertainment.
- Playing economic games with the withdrawal of earned funds, payment points.
