Games companies want real people testing their games and are willing to pay a very small percentage of their likely profit, remember a Company like Sony will make $80+Million from a single game release. Why shouldn't you earn a little bit of that in the testing suite.
The company needs to know what happens when a player falls off the map, where are the glitches, what cheats are there, do they work, can they be found.
Whatever the results might be, the company needs to develop what the users like or fairly obviously the product will never sell.
You will be asked to try out exclusive unreleased copies of their creations and most times get to keep the copies you tested and get paid by them for your feedback.
And there is an added bonus, when you start doing quality freebie work for these gaming developers, they may put you on a retainer where they will start paying you good money for consistent results. This will keep you in the mind of the hiring team so when they have upcoming projects they will remember you favourably, and you'll be able to work on from the comfort of your own home!
At one time a majority of game testers worked on site at game companies where the company has allocated cozy surroundings, keeping the gamers happy in their little labs, playing the games and writing the reports working with the supervisors and developers. However, due to the recession and budget cuts, a lot of companies are opting to outsource manpower, finding willing product testers who can work on their own, but remember you have to deliver.
Remember, as a game tester - paid to play video games, you will be testing games that are not in their finished state and are bound to contain a host of problems.
Testing covers a huge range of games, ages and platforms. This diversity means that you'll need to work on a wide section of video platforms. Testers also play with simple video games for very young target market as well as the complex adult games on really mega fast PC's with water cooling etc. that cost a fortune, getting these platforms should be your number one priority to make sure you can be flexible and test in any formatt. However there are video forms that are popular and have levels that require perfecting qualities. Game testers with time do learn new skill sets as they work more in the game testing industry.
The company needs to know what happens when a player falls off the map, where are the glitches, what cheats are there, do they work, can they be found.
Whatever the results might be, the company needs to develop what the users like or fairly obviously the product will never sell.
You will be asked to try out exclusive unreleased copies of their creations and most times get to keep the copies you tested and get paid by them for your feedback.
And there is an added bonus, when you start doing quality freebie work for these gaming developers, they may put you on a retainer where they will start paying you good money for consistent results. This will keep you in the mind of the hiring team so when they have upcoming projects they will remember you favourably, and you'll be able to work on from the comfort of your own home!
At one time a majority of game testers worked on site at game companies where the company has allocated cozy surroundings, keeping the gamers happy in their little labs, playing the games and writing the reports working with the supervisors and developers. However, due to the recession and budget cuts, a lot of companies are opting to outsource manpower, finding willing product testers who can work on their own, but remember you have to deliver.
Remember, as a game tester - paid to play video games, you will be testing games that are not in their finished state and are bound to contain a host of problems.
Testing covers a huge range of games, ages and platforms. This diversity means that you'll need to work on a wide section of video platforms. Testers also play with simple video games for very young target market as well as the complex adult games on really mega fast PC's with water cooling etc. that cost a fortune, getting these platforms should be your number one priority to make sure you can be flexible and test in any formatt. However there are video forms that are popular and have levels that require perfecting qualities. Game testers with time do learn new skill sets as they work more in the game testing industry.