Before you start getting excited about starting a career as a professional video game tester, you have to step out of fantasy land and into reality. Most gamers want to become game testers because they think that it is a "no work-all play" type of job. They believe that'll just sit around, play the newest & most advanced games, and then rake in tons of cash every week. Unfortunately, that is 100% false. Although video game testing may still be considered as a dream job, it is nowhere near the fairy tale story that some people think it is.
First & foremost, a video game tester does not get paid to plop down into a lazyboy recliner and play the newest video games for 7-10 hours a day. The actual job description of a game tester is to test games, not to have tons of fun playing them.
When a developer hires you, he is paying for your ability to test video games. He is NOT paying you for the ability to play a video game and think that it is awesome; there