Comment by scotty79

Such games are online games where other players are part of the game challenge. Some players want to play those game so much that they are willing to spend insane amounts of money on this game. But if the only users of the game were those players the game wouldn't be as fun for them. So the game needs to incentivise players that that don't want to play it that much or at all.

Most of the games manage this by offering free version of the game to anyone willing to play. It's not as good as the version paid consumers get but it's something.

The game mentioned in the article went the step further, not only does it offer some entertainment for people for free, but pays them out of profits gained from the paying players.

So basically gamers that earn money in that game provide meaningful service for paying players by working as opponents for them that enhace their entertainment. It's less bulshity job than many real ones.