How To Earn Money By Gaming. In this article, we will tell you the best and easy ways to make money by gaming. Gaming is an addiction that is increasing day by day so why not make money by playing games. In this article, we have discussed some best ways to earn through gaming which will help you in achieving your goals.
Gaming is a very paying field. The gaming industry is growing very fast. The worth of the gaming industry at that time is almost $300 Billion. It has even crossed Hollywood.
1. Game Tester:
A game tester is hired for playing all the stages of the game during the entire development process to detect the errors and problems related to the general user experience. There are two types of testing in games: Quality assurance testing and Playtesting. The main focus of the quality assurance testers is to solve the technical issues of the game, while playtesters completely focus on the playability of the game and the user experience. The feedback from game testers assists the production team to improve the game before it goes on sale to the general public.
A game tester with 1 year of experience or even with no experience can earn up to $4200 per year. The game tester with more skill and experience can earn more money. According to Glassdoor, a game tester with good experience can easily earn around $54,000 annually.
Many gaming companies and organizations hire game testers and pay them per hour. For example, PlayStation gives $14/hour, Epic Games pay $21/hour and Microsoft Studio pays between $14 to $18 per hour.
2. Provide Game Play Tutorials:
Another way to earn through gaming is to provide gameplay tutorials. You can provide gameplay tutorials on any social platform such as Youtube, Twitch, or Facebook.
On Youtube, you can make your own gaming channel where you can provide free gameplay tutorials and when your channel becomes able to connect to Google Adsense, connect your Google Adsense account to your channel and then you be paid for ads running on the gameplay tutorial videos you have uploaded on your channel. Many popular gaming YouTubers are earning thousands of dollars monthly from Youtube by providing gameplay tutorials.
Similar to Youtube, Twitch is also a very good platform where you can upload your gaming tutorials and live streaming. Twitch is a very paying platform also.
There are no exact figures that how much you will earn through providing gameplay tutorials but on average a gaming Youtube can earn up to $5,000 monthly which is very good earning. Your earnings totally depend upon how many tutorials you are uploading. The more tutorials you upload the more earnings you will get.
3. Live Streaming:
You can also live-stream your gameplay anywhere on the internet like Youtube or Twitch etc. It is also is a good way to earn by gaming. On Youtube, you can live stream your gameplay and get super chats. Super chat is the money gifted to you by a fan or person watching your stream. Popular YouTubers make a lot of money through it.
Twitch is very popular for live streaming of gaming. There are many people who choose Twitch live streaming as a life career.
The average money a video game stream can earn lies between $3,000 to $5,000 which is good enough.
4. Compete In Gaming Tournaments:
You can also make money by competing in gaming tournaments. The gaming industry is growing very fast day by day. Many organizations and franchises conduct gaming events and tournaments with very big prize amounts. So you can compete in gaming tournaments and win them to get big prizes.
There are some popular game organizations that conduct gaming tournaments every year. A very popular organization known as EVO Japan conducts a tournament of Tekken 7 every year. A Pakistani gamer Arsalan Ash wins the tournament in 2019, he has also won many other international gaming tournaments. He has earned more than $50,000 from these tournaments.
PUBGM tournaments are also a good example of generating great earnings. PUBG conducts many tournaments annually. Nova Esports won PMGC two times consecutively and they earned almost $2 Million.
So you can think that how much money you can make through competing in gaming tournaments.
5. Get Sponsorships:
As a professional gamer or content creator, organizations or individuals approach you for sponsorships. They will pay you and you have to promote their game or product. You can earn a lot of money through sponsorships. Suppose you are a professional gamer and you are a gaming content creator who uploads quality gaming videos on a social platform so if a company launches a new game they will contact you to promote the game because you already have very much experience and fan following in gaming industry. After you prompt their product you will be paid.
The earning through sponsorships depends upon which type of game or product you are promoting and how much you are promoting it. Sponsorship can be short or long. For example, A company can ask you to promote their game by just playing it and uploading it on a social site. This is a short-term sponsorship. On the other hand, you can sign a contract with an organization that you will work with them on promoting their product or game for 1 year or more this is called long-term sponsorships.
This is how you can earn through sponsorships.
