Immryr wrote:system11 wrote:It sounds a lot until you start adding up the costs, it needs to cover all his costs plus essentially be a full time working wage.
I really hope he hits the 10k, $4140 right now.
yeah but what are his costs, other than his wage? 99% of the stuff he reviews is sent in by viewers, which is amazing to me in and of itself. other than that what is there? electricity? a new camera every 6 years or something? it doesn't seem like it has huge overheads to me.
(I'm saying this as someone who enjoys cgr btw)
He rents, warehouse, he has/had staff, there were 3-4 reviewers, plus production staff, business taxes, electricity, insurance (I bet this one is pretty big), website costs, etc...
He actually bought quite a few games himself as well, though many were donated.
Running a business, any business is far more expensive than people expect, lots of hidden costs you don't think about until you get into it.
Plus the guy has to pay himself... at least $50k a year, at a bare minimum, it wouldn't be worth it to do CGR for less.
$50k/yr = $4166 a month, so the $5000/mo minimum amount makes sense to me. Shooting a 5 minute video would easily occupy an 8 hour day, if not longer.
