| You may have seen different advertisements on | | | | motivated and work up to 60 to 80 hours a |
| the Internet saying you can make $300 or more | | | | week doing this for money. For them, the |
| an hour as a beta tester for video games. Is this | | | | paychecks will be significantly larger and much |
| true? Not usually. Typically, when you see an | | | | more pleasing to the eye. |
| advertisement like this, it is giving you a "fantasy | | | | In addition, your reputation matters as well. If you |
| scenario," as most game testers don't make | | | | can provide high-quality feedback and become |
| anywhere near that. In this article, I will give you a | | | | known as a game tester who works hard and |
| realistic approach on how much money you can | | | | always completes every assignment handed to |
| get paid to play video games. | | | | him, then naturally you will qualify for more jobs |
| First of all, you can earn as much -- or as little -- | | | | and command a higher testing fee. |
| as you want. The fact of the matter is, if you | | | | At the same time, your skill level will also help |
| want to earn more, you just have to work more | | | | determine how much money you earn per hour. |
| and build up a reputation as a high-quality video | | | | If you're able to go through a game very quickly |
| game tester. If you can do that, you will not be | | | | and beat it without much effort, then you can |
| limited to the amount of games you can test. In | | | | devote drastically lower amounts of time to your |
| reality, you'll only be limited to the amount of jobs | | | | game testing. In layman's terms: the better you |
| you can handle, as well as by the time you can | | | | are at playing video games, the more money you |
| devote to this. | | | | can make every hour as a paid game tester. |
| Many people test video games in their spare time, | | | | So even though most gamers will never make |
| as a way to earn some extra cash on the side. | | | | $300 an hour, it is very possible to make at least |
| Those part-timers usually feel that it ruins the | | | | $40-$80 an hour testing games for companies. |
| gaming experience if they test too many hours a | | | | Anyway you slice it, that's not a bad fee for |
| week. Other people, however, are more | | | | testing and playing video games all day long. |