Meet the people paid $50,000 an hour to play video games – The Wall Street Journal

Meet the people paid $50,000 an hour to play video games – The Wall Street Journal

The world’s biggest videogame publishers are paying popular gamers tens of thousands of dollars to play their latest videogame releases live online.
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DUBLIN — I love videogames. I have wasted hours of my life playing one video game or another on Xbox and PC. However, like an idiot, I have been doing it for free all this time. It turns out that I should have been a bit smarter and live-streamed my gaming sessions. Then perhaps I could have cashed in on the surprisingly large audience that loves to watch others play games. Some of the world's top streamers make as much as $50,000 an hour playing new releases for their adoring fans. Nice work if you can get it! – Felicity Duncan

Top 'Live-Streamers' get $50,000 an hour to play new videogames online

By Sarah E. Needleman

(The Wall Street Journal) The world's biggest video game publishers are paying popular gamers tens of thousands of dollars to play their latest releases live over the internet, hoping to break through to buyers in a crowded industry where dominant games like "Fortnite" cast a large shadow.

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