What's What! Video Game Facts (28/365)

Forbes Magazine, known for making lists of the richest people in the world, published for the first time in 2015 the top ten of the highest paid youtubers, the American business magazine takes into account the gross income between June 2015 and June 2016, before deducting taxes and the fees of its managers, in addition to data from Nielsen, IMDB and other sources, such as interviews with their agents, managers, lawyers, industry experts and the stars themselves.

The top ten of the highest paid youtubers that the magazine made is headed by the youtuber with the most subscribers in the world, the Swedish Felix Kjellberg AKA PewDiePiethe youtube star achievement amassing an earning US $ 12 million in the year of Forbes 2015, the gamer made more pre-tax than Meryl Streep, Cameron Diaz and Anne Hathaway.

How is this a video game fact? PewDiePie is known for expletive-laden commentary as he plays video games, his streamer of games had several thousand spectators, he always has a comment during the game that is funny, PewDiePie's commentaries have had a positive effect on sales of indie games and his influence in video games has been such that several developers have used his name in his games, but he gives more laughter when he gets scared in his games, I had followed his channel for several years and was always waiting for his next video, also that his streaming has been a great promotion for some video games.

In Forbes 2016, he returned to lead the list of forbes with a profit of US $15 million, so to have been just a 25-year-old boy is surprising what he achievement, showing an original and well-developed content maybe goofy, energetic, obnoxious and filled with profanity, but he dedicate time and commitment, his parents did not support him so he financed himself and he achieve a career.