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We are at Gamescom in Germany.
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This is one of the biggest
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video game fairs in the world.
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The video game industry is huge.
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65% of households in the United States
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have one or more people
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who play three hours, at least,
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of video games per week.
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And there are an estimated
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34 million active gamers
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just here in Germany.
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That's about half the population
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above the age of 14.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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is getting into it herself.
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But for a lot of people here
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it's not just fun and games.
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It's actually a full-time job.
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We are on a quest to find people
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who are playing video games for a living.
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This honestly feels like an amusement park,
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not a trade fair.
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Okay, so,
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we've made our way to Xbox.
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This is a business
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that's been around the industry
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for quite a while now.
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I actually started at Microsoft in 1998.
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The first game that I worked on
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was Age of Empires.
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And when we started the Xbox program
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at Microsoft I kind of leapt toward that.
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I've been working on Xbox now
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since the Xbox 360 days.
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I'm really designing something
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that I would love to use every day.
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The average job in the U.S. gaming industry
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paid a salary of $97,000 per year in 2016.
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You don't even have to be an engineer
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to make good money in gaming.
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Programmers, artists, musicians,
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it takes all kinds to do games.
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We found Carlos Paton
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who is the product manager
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for Thunderobot in Europe,
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which makes gaming products
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like laptops and virtual reality sets.
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This is a prototype now.
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Carlos has been gaming since he was little
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and now gets to play and test games
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as part of his job.
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When I have a little bit of free time,
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what I really love to do is play games.
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A lot of the gaming industry
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is built around major franchises
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like Star Wars or Super Mario.
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How's it going Mario?
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Gaming jobs have come a long way
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from the days of arcades and consoles.
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We found a lot of businesses
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focused on casual gaming…
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So I want to get the gold?
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Which are games less experienced players
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can download on their phones
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or web browsers.
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The popularity of casual gaming
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has opened up new jobs in the industry…
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Lose!
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But it's still not for everyone.
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Clearly I'm not quitting my job
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to do this anytime soon.
