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標題[新聞] Gabe Newell曾在WoW做過金幣農夫
時間Tue Mar 31 11:53:16 2020
Gabe Newell was a World of Warcraft gold farmer
https://www.pcgamer.com/gabe-newell-was-a-world-of-warcraft-gold-farmer/
Gabe Newell: CEO and co-founder of Valve, recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship
award, billionaire, and as we have now learned a gold farmer in World of
Warcraft (retired). The topic came up in a recent interview with Edge
Magazine, where Newell discussed the evolution of Steam, explaining that at a
certain point Valve started thinking of games "as productivity platforms"
rather than just entertainment.
"As a sort of proof-of-concept I decided to be a gold farmer in World Of
Warcraft for a while." As you do. "I was making $20 an hour farming gold. I
was making what was a spectacular wage for most people in most parts of the
world."
Having seen an in-game economy up-close, Valve began the Steam Workshop, a
hub for player-created mods and in-game items, including ones that are
available for sale. As Newell explained, that paid off for some people for
far more than $20 per hour.
"There's this story of the parents that called us up because they thought we
were selling their kid drugs. What happened was PayPal pinged the parents and
said, 'Your kid is exceeding our limits of how much money they can put into
PayPal per month. They're probably selling stolen goods or drugs, because
there’s no other explanation.' So the parents called us up and I said: 'He
makes items on the Team Fortress Workshop. He’s making $500,000 a year.'
That to us was an indication that this was a helpful way of thinking of games
—as platforms—and it's informed all of our decisions about multiplayer
games subsequently."
Newell also took the opportunity to discuss the Epic Games Store and
increased competition in the digital storefront market, saying that his real
issue was with the Apple Arcade and the way "people who are falling in love
with Apple's model of controlling everything".
Thanks, PCGamesN.
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這段很有趣....
Gabe在訪談中被問到了Steam的發展，他就提到了以前WoW正紅時，他為了驗證遊戲做為生
產平台的可能性，就跑去WoW中做金幣農夫 (Gold Farmer)。那時他弄到了每小時20美金
的收入。
這段經歷給了他很多收獲，所以Steam就開始有了Steam Workshop的功能。
他還提到曾有父母打電話給Valve，因為他們以為Valve在賣毒品給他們的孩子。一問之下
才知道是PayPal回報他們說他們的小孩超出了PayPal每月可存入金額的上限，小孩可能正
在賣來路不明的商品或毒品。然後Gabe回應這對父母，你們的小孩在絕地要塞的工作坊中
製作道具，這讓他每年收入50萬美金。
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※ wizardfizban:轉錄至看板 Steam 03/31 11:53
推 reader2714: "存入" 酷 03/31 11:55
→ aegis123321: 好像OP 03/31 11:56
推 SivLoMario: 最後面說到的小鬼好猛...年收超過50萬鎂 03/31 11:57
推 gaym19: 超強小孩 03/31 11:59
推 wasgavin0410: OP了沒錯 03/31 12:00
推 kinghtt: 這孩子的年薪屌打台灣80%受薪階級… 03/31 12:00
→ wizardfizban: 查Gabe沒看到 原來前一篇是用G胖哦 03/31 12:01
推 h0103661: Gabe本名不是G胖嗎（x 03/31 12:02
→ ihateants: 合法販毒(X 03/31 12:03
推 j9145: PalPay舉報也沒說錯啦.. 03/31 12:04
推 Hazelburn: 上篇內容沒寫這麼多 03/31 12:05
推 yellowhow: 50萬美金的話是屌打95%的受薪階級吧... 03/31 12:05
推 bestteam: 何止80%啊 1500萬台幣是超過90%受薪階級 03/31 12:07
推 jeeyi345: paypal== 03/31 12:08
※ 編輯: wizardfizban (36.233.158.231 臺灣), 03/31/2020 12:09:02
推 yeay: 年薪15M有pr99吧 03/31 12:18
推 FrogStar: 最強小鬼... 03/31 12:19
→ yeay: 114萬就有pr90了 03/31 12:19
→ forsakesheep: 50萬.... 03/31 12:21
→ SCLPAL: ?!!?!??!!? 03/31 12:27
推 kaj1983: 所以是做了什麼道具可以賺這麼多？ 03/31 12:28
→ SCLPAL: 我以前無印只有打暮光文件跟大紅藍水,不過大都送人lol沒賺 03/31 12:28
→ kaj1983: TF有開放非官方的道具嗎？好久沒玩了 03/31 12:28
推 AdomiZA: 就是投稿那些帽子和裝飾品 除了進箱分成外每筆玩家交易 03/31 12:34
→ AdomiZA: 的15%手續費中作者又占了10% 03/31 12:34
→ kaj1983: TF也有內購了喔，真的太久沒玩... 03/31 12:37
推 Daswasser: 是小孩賺50萬 還是G胖啊? 03/31 12:43
推 AdomiZA: 依現在來看投稿商品的Tier至少要到紫色以上收益才比較高 03/31 12:44
→ AdomiZA: CSGO也是同理 能出個有炒高價值的刀和槍放著收流通玩家 03/31 12:44
→ AdomiZA: 間的手續分成也是祖上積德 03/31 12:44
→ kaj1983: 我查了wiki，G胖也會有抽成，但沒查到G胖內購道具抽多少 03/31 12:44
→ kaj1983: 換個角度想，他開放給人賺錢，自己抽成這點更聰明 03/31 12:45
推 Daswasser: 看懂了 是小孩 沒想到這麼好賺.... 03/31 12:45
→ kaj1983: 商人中的商人 03/31 12:45
→ AdomiZA: 當初打工作坊廣告時就有舉小學生拿畫帽子賺的零頭(百鎂) 03/31 12:47
→ AdomiZA: 塞爆霸凌屁孩的嘴的實際案例…那是非常早期了 03/31 12:47
→ breakblue: Paypal的每月存入上限不知道是多少 03/31 13:11