Gaming (Is it a plausible career path now?)

Before I go into the pros and cons to gaming and etc. I'd like to make it known that I am NOT unbiased because I have and will continue to game; however, I will try to make this blog as unbiased as possible, placing myself in the shoes of as many different generations and backgrounds as I can.

Gaming! It's never been bigger.

Game producers and designers are raking in more cash than ever before, and there's always room for another game in the market. But today, we're not asking if game making is a plausible career, because that's an obvious yes; we're asking if gaming itself is a plausible career.

source, DazGames, @ Dazgames-youtube, Game: Fortnite

Your reaction to this question will be different depending on many factors, including how much you enjoy gaming, but I'm going to go into some of the basic facts and then you can decide from there.

First, what is the average salary of a pro gamer?

This is pretty much an impossible question to answer because it depends on many many factors, including which game is being played and how long that game will remain popular.

But according to multiple sources, it seems to be anywhere from 40-500+ thousand dollars a year for the top gamers in the world; this does not include additional paychecks related to gaming such as youtube, twich etc.

Second, how much do games pay you to play?

Games, like most other things, are a product; and the people who made the game have to earn something for their work, so why would they pay you to play their game?

Simple. Gaming tournaments bring viewers, which bring advertisers, which brings money. The prize pool is always smaller than the amount of money brought in by viewers. 

For example, The 2014 DOTA 2 championship brought in more than 20 million viewers, that's a heck of a lot, I'm sure you'll agree.

Which means the prize pool of the game is directly related to how many viewers there are, DOTA 2 had a prize pool of 24.7 million dollars in the 2017 international according to http://dota2.prizetrac.kr, whereas Clash Royale (a mobile game) had just 1 million in their 2017 championship.

A clash royale pro game in the 2017 championship via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sraf8-0cVnM

The biggest problem with gaming as a career (in my opinion) is the competition.
There's millions of video gamers world-wide and each one would love to get payed to play; what makes you (the person in question) special is your skill level, so you have to be the best of the best.
This excludes gamers who create videos on twitch, youtube etc. Then you just need to be funny, pretty good at the game, or skilled in finding easter eggs, loopholes etc.

Pupular Gaming youtuber Markiplier has a networth of 9 million according to https://knownetworth.com/markipliers-net-worthhttps://knownetworth.com/markipliers-net-worth, picture via https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME/videos

So here's is the real questions; is it a plausible career path? Yes.

Is it hard to make it as a gamer? Yes

Does the average gamer get payed well? Ha. hahahahahahaha ...No

Would I recommend it as a career? Sure! If that's your dream and you're dedicated, go make it happen! Who am I to tell you yes or no?

Regardless of what career you choose, make sure it's something you enjoy, and don't let yourself let go of your dream just because it's something hard to reach.

Yours- The guy who wants to be an author

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