Comments on: The Gift Machine: Lockwood’s Clever Business Model Shift http://www.hsmagazine.net/2013/04/the-gift-machine-lockwoods-clever-business-model-shift/ The PlayStation Home Magazine Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 By: Does Home Have A Middle Class? | HomeStation Magazine http://www.hsmagazine.net/2013/04/the-gift-machine-lockwoods-clever-business-model-shift/#comment-286676 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:18:47 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=49573#comment-286676 […] a virtual item, and we assume they all make equal pay at $25/hour (like we’ve written about here), that’s $3000 in cost. Right there. So now we’re down to $12,750 in revenue, some of […]

]]> By: Terra_Cide http://www.hsmagazine.net/2013/04/the-gift-machine-lockwoods-clever-business-model-shift/#comment-284226 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:43:22 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=49573#comment-284226 “Very low wage” in the gaming industry. Trying to compare it to other industries would be apples to oranges. When I did the research for this article, I looked for the average wage, industry-wide, both for those who have been working in videogames for a few years and those who are in entry-level positions. What was given was the annual salary, so I had to work the math backwards based on a forty hour work week (which we all know is a farce in the real world, but anyways…).

]]> By: KrazyFace http://www.hsmagazine.net/2013/04/the-gift-machine-lockwoods-clever-business-model-shift/#comment-284216 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:00:13 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=49573#comment-284216 I got stuck at the $25 being a “very low hourly wage” bit while reading this. Really!? I’ve been self-employed for a long time now -- too long to know what the UK’s minimum wage is, but I’d take an educated guess at about £6 an hour. But hey, whadda I know about US wages…

As for the business model of getting people to turn their actual monies into Disney points, Monopoly money, LKWD Tokens or whatever, I say fair play to them, coz it definitely works wonders.

Personally, when I’m presented with this option I tend to see it as a bag going over my head an’ the baseball bats coming out. But I guess sometimes we just dont get any other options and have to buy into it if it’s something we really really want.

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