Game Testing Income

Xbox 360 Testing Hours

How long can you sit down and play through a game? Can you do it the whole day? Well a Xbox 360 testing job can have a very demanding schedule but this isn't always the case. Sometimes you can be relied upon to take the game home (or strictly work at home) and finish your testing and reports there. If you work inside a Xbox 360 game office you can be testing a good 8 hours to meet a deadline and get all the bugs out of the system on time. On the other hand, if you work at home you could work around 4 hours at home, but when you are given such liberties the amount of money you make is directly contingent to how hard you work.

How much will you Earn?

Of course testing sounds like a greater job then busing tables, but does it pay the bills? The job of testing can be a very evolutionary process, that may take you a few years to get paid decently. Working for a small company can earn you a little above minimum wage, but depending on how much you work, the company you work for you can earn over 2,000 dollars a paycheck. Plus, if you actually work along side a big 360 game developer you can make even more. The money you will get paid usually is a good amount for what kind of work you will be doing. If you are into stress testing, and freelance testing you will get paychecks sent to your home in varying amounts. If you work along side developers, grueling over your monitor for hours playing the same levels and reviewing the same code for mistakes you be surprised how much you will make.

You will definitely make a living if you work hard enough and relocation may be necessary to work with bigger studios (but not always).