Gaming Can be a Source of Income

If you think that the realm of sports, movies or music is the biggest in the entertainment industry, you will be wrong. Gaming is now the largest form of entertainment in the world in terms of money. By joining this industry, gamers are also earning in various ways. The practice of gaming in many countries are not very long. However, many young people are now thinking of becoming professional gamers. There are various sources of income from gaming. Let's talk about a few.

1. Prize money

Worldwide various gaming competitions are being organized regularly. Both online and offline competitions have a large prize money. Gamers can earn good money in tournaments. For example "The International 2021" tournament has spent total of $40,018,400.00 as the prize money of that tournament. Similarly there are a numbers of gaming tournaments with big amout of prize money are being organised every year.

2. Sponsor

If you do well in competitions, you can get your own sponsor. Many gamers earn good money by joining sponsorship agreements for a fixed period of time. In some cases, many gamers get sponsorship only for specific tournaments or competitions.

3. Working gamer

Many gamers play under a contract with an organization for a monthly salary. They took part in various tournaments on behalf of that organization.

4. Streaming

YouTube: Many gamers are making money through game streaming on YouTube, a popular video sharing platform. Earnings start after the monetization option of the YouTube channel is launched.

• Twitch: Twitch is very popular with gamers. Twitch is a website created just for game streaming. Videos of live games can be seen on this website. Many people are making money by streaming video of the game on this platform.

• Facebook: Facebook also has the opportunity to earn money through game streaming. Just as there is revenue from the ads in the video, there is also the opportunity to get grants from fans or followers. Although YouTube and Twitch streaming are more popular in other countries, gamer and Facebook streamer Shihab Imtiaz thinks that Facebook streaming is ahead in this country. The member of the winning team of 'SkySports Championship 3.0', which was held last September with gamers from Bangladesh and Maldives, said: I also started streaming around 2020. Whatever the gamers or audiences of this country say, both sides are relatively more active on Facebook. Apart from this, there is an opportunity to benefit financially from Facebook streaming.

5. Quality assurance test

After making a game, various experiments are done. There may be bugs or errors in the game. A professional gamer can help identify these errors. This is called 'Quality Assurance Testing'. Game makers hire professional gamers for a fee. Gamers point out problems or errors in games under construction. Taking them into account, the manufacturer started working anew.

Popular three gamers

Shroud

Shroud's real name is Michael. Despite building his career as a 'Counter Strike-Global Offensive' gamer, he retired in 2016 and is now a full-fledged streamer in Canada. He has 95 lakh followers on the gamer's streaming site Twitch. And the number of subscribers on YouTube is 75 lakh. By just streaming Twitch, his monthly income is about 50 thousand US dollars.

Tenz

Tenz's real name is Tyson. He is also a resident of Canada. He played for a US e-sports company called Sentinels. The monthly salary you get from this organization is more than two crores. This year won the online tournament titled 'VCT 2021: North America Stage Three Challengers Play-Offs'. In addition, he holds the record of being the champion in many other competitions. Twitch has 1.6 million followers. YouTube has reached 1 million subscribers.

It's Timmy

The real name is Timmy N. Although the US gamer is only 21 years old, he is very popular in the world of streaming. He originally played a game called Apex Legends. The monthly income of this professional gamer is around 4700$ just by streaming video. Twitch has 11 lakh followers.

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