Professional video game testing is obviously a lot better than most other jobs
out there. However, being a paid video game tester, like any other job, does
have it's downsides. Admittedly, these downsides are few and far between, but
they do exist and each & every tester has to put up with them.
How Much You'll Make as a Video Game Tester
There is no set amount that you'll begin making when you start testing video
games for money. Different companies pay different wages, so it's hard to give
an exact figure on what a beta tester can or will be paid. In light of that
fact, don't wholeheartedly believe ads that say game testers get paid up to $120
per hour. Although it's not technically a lie, it's not really truth either --
Beta game testers are paid well, just not that well.
At a rate of $120 per hour, a tester would make $600 per day just working a
minuscule 5 hours. Honestly, you'd be hard pressed to find a professional game
tester that gets paid half that sum for a days worth of work.
Ball-Park Figures: The yearly salary of a video game tester can range from a low
$18,000 to a staggering $80,000 or more. The monthly salary can range from $1500
to a high $6000. The weekly salary can be anywhere from $250 to a whopping
$2000.
What you're paid as a professional game tester relates directly with the
developer you're working for as well as the amount of work you can take on.
What You'll Do As A Paid Game Tester
Unfortunately, you won't just be playing video games all day long. In truth,
playing video games and testing video games are two COMPLETELY different things.
Although you'll still likely have fun doing the job, it won't be quite as much
fun as you originally thought. Why? Because there is actual worked involved with
the testing process.
Rather than just being paid to judge the "fun factor" of a video game, testers
are paid to find what programmers can't -- bugs and glitches. Game programmers
can easily identify the larger bugs & glitches, but when it comes to the
smaller, less noticeable ones, developers rely on testers to get the job done.
In light of that fact, as a video game tester it is YOUR JOB to play a video
game as many times as it takes in order to locate and document all known bugs
and game breaking glitches -- locate AND document!
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