How much money do video game designers earn?

Answer 1

You can become a billionaire if your designs turn out too be a success. True, but the average staff designer gets paid a flat salary by many companies. This is False you can not become a Billionaire because they buy your company for much less before the game is a success. This pay then ranges from experience and rank. For example, my friend is a recent grad from a California university and is employed by blizzard. His compensation ranges from about 47 annual plus bonuses. He has no experience and is assigned to a team. Project leads can make upwards of 120 plus bonus. High profile developers who have worked on big projects like Everquest Warcraft or half life will often receive above average pay because the company is buying their knowledge they gained working on a competitors leading product. Check salary websites elite glass door for more company specific information.

blackice: a game designer can make from $50 to $5million depends on what job you do in the making like designing or programming if you program and make an entire game by your self (ya it seems impossible but isn't) you can make millions.

The above statement does not have anything that is true about it. Owners of gaming companies are not individuals and games take hundreds, but normally thousands of Man hours to develop before they even reach a testing process. The Big Platforms will not even allow you to design a game for there console unless they first provide a licence. It seems that a game designer would make money because the games do, but the designer has only a small part in everything needed to bring a product to market.

Even if you do so you have to sell the game so it can be marketed

on the other hand you can work for a company and some people get paid around $50/hr. and some get paid like 100 grand after the game is done again it depends on where you work and how you work on it. I hope this helped.

A company like Treyarch has over 300 employees and it takes them 2 years to design a new game. That is not something a single individual can do. They were purchased by Activision before the first game was released. Pipe dreams of designing a game and becoming a billionaire are just that. The company becomes public before the game is released and the publishers and distributors also make a profit. Even Activision Publisher of the Call of Duty series is also owned by a french company. In order to sell a huge number of games they need to be advertised produced distributed and not just developed. The game development can not even start before licences from Nintendo Sony and Microsoft have been granted allowing you the right to develop a game for there product. Game designers never get millions, those people have other titles than game designers.

Answer 2

maybe about 200,000 dollars a year so about 3,000 every two weeks

There are a couple good resources for this:

The annual "Gamasutra" salary survey:

Search for "Gamasutra salary survey"

They reported an average salary of $83,060

The annual GameSoundCon Survey showed average "game audio" salary of $80,564

Search for "GameSoundCon survey"

Answer 3

A video game designer can make around $60,000-$100,000 depending on the profession of the creator.

Answer 4

200,000 per year if making games for bbig game company

Answer 5

On average, game makers earn around $70,000 in a game, that's if it is a good game, like the Halo series, or Assassins Creed. They will also get bonuses, which is around $10,000.

Answer 6

they get paid 2 million bucks a year depending on what type it is

Answer 7

n many cases, a four year degree or several years of experience working in similar industries may also be required. Individuals in this industry earn $70,000-$90,000 annually.

Answer 8

They earn " virtual " money.

Answer 9

1.5 mill or billonair