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Emily Gera
Sunday, March 29, 2020, GMT
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Valve honcho and billionaire Gabe Newell worked in the early research stages of World of Warcraft and later became gold farmers in World of Warcraft.
Newell recently revealed his time as a gold farmer in an interview with Edge (via PCGamesN), and he described a period of earning $ 20 an hour by buying and selling gold in World of Warcraft.
Newell said, "We always used to think of games as entertainment experiences, but then we started to think of them as productivity platforms." "As a proof of concept, I decided to temporarily serve as a gold farmer in World of Warcraft. I was hourly Make $ 20. For most people in most parts of the world, my salary is amazing. "
"At that time, we started focusing on things like Steam Studios and trying to treat everyone as a content creator."
Of course, Steam Workshop is the central hub for content created by the Steam player. The center was launched at the end of 2011, a few years after the first large Jinnons entered World of Warcraft.
"(We) try to see everyone as a content creator," Newell said.
"There is a story like this, the reason why parents called us because they thought we were selling their children's medicine. What happened was that PayPal pinged the parents and said," Your child exceeds us every month Limits on the amount of currency that can be deposited into PayPal. They may be selling stolen goods or drugs because there is no other explanation. ’
"So the parents called us and I said, 'He makes things in the Team Fortress Studio. He makes $ 500,000 a year.' For us, this shows that this is a useful way to think of games as a platform, it It then provided the basis for all our decisions regarding multiplayer games. "