Game Economy Designer
Posted on 3/30/2023
INACTIVE
PlayStation Global

1,001-5,000 employees

Online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service
Company Overview
Playstation's mission is to deliver new joy, excitement and awe to everyone. The company builds software and hardware for gaming consoles and content.
Consumer Software
Hardware

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

N/A

Founded

1994

Headquarters

Foster City, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-22%

1 year growth

-22%

2 year growth

-18%
Locations
San Diego, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Requirements
  • Creating, analyzing and balancing a game economy with interdependent factors such as virtual currencies, battle passes and loot boxes
  • Balancing economic factors to ensure the player has multiple viable paths for progressing
  • Understanding the short and long-term effects of balancing a game economy
  • Collaborating with systems designers to create satisfying and economically sustainable features
  • Validating design decisions through simulation models
  • Designing game economies, monetization methods and live services
  • Understanding the relationship between a game's economy and its progression systems
  • Collaborating closely with groups such as product management, analytics and user research
  • Communicating with peers and partners while collecting feedback in order to iterate on design
  • Keeping up to date with the latest game economy design trends, techniques and technology
  • Scoping work appropriately and delivering on time
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with:
  • Mobile game economies and monetization
  • Sports video games
  • RPG mechanics
  • Knowledge of the sport of baseball and its relationship with statistics
  • Passion and knowledge of video games in a wide variety of genres