Ways of making money and even earning a living

            Making money as a gamer is the ultimate goal of any gamer. Most people do not have the ability to be able to play and dominate in games. Some might argue that the ability is akin to playing professional sports. MTV once had an episode of True Life about a gamers who make money playing games through tournaments and endorsements. So it far from a new trend but it is a rising trend. There is an actual organization that is leading the way for people to make money gaming. It is called Major League Gaming.

For instance a gamer make 20k from playing Call of Duty in a tournament in November sponsored by MLG. The ability to craft out a living from playing a game is no different then those who play poker for a living. Gaming is not a new medium, but being able to use your ability and make large sums of money doing it is.

In a game like World of Warcraft, you can make money also by just playing the game. When you complete certain tasks within the game, you receive certain items for completing these tasks. Once you receive these items you can “give” the item to others players. An economic principal of the law of supply and demand comes into play. If someone wants something bad enough, they are willing to pay. If the said item is a rare item, and others want it the prices goes up. You can earn large sums of money doing such things like selling virtual items

The same concept also goes for character creation. For people like me who have no time to level up, you can actually buy leveled up characters. Buying a leveled up character gives you abilities that would take time to get to if you did it on your own. It used to be a bigger thing to buy leveled up characters but now major game companies will sell it themselves.

If I were to tell a random person on the street that you can make money playing video games, they would call for me to be committed. As tech improves, new ways to make a living from it emerges from it, this is no exception. Gaming is not new and with the social aspects of life becoming more intertwined with various games, challenges will be set up and money will be made from playing.