Steam tycoon tells the story of playing World of Warcraft, earning nearly 500,000 VND every hour

Gabe Newell Surely a name that is no stranger to gamers, he is the CEO and co-founder of Valve. Recently in an interview with Edge, Gabe revealed during the development of Steamhe thought of the concept of considering the game as a “production platform” and to prove this thought, he used to farm gold in World of Warcraft and actually made a pretty decent amount of money.​

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Gabe Newell shared:

Then Valve started the Steam Workshop – a hub for players to create mods and in-game items, some of which are even marketable. As Newell shared, the amount paid to some people is more than 20 USD/hour.​

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Gabe said this is a sign of positive thinking about the games, it also becomes a reference for its later multiplayer games.​