This is why we need to have 90 dollar games! /s
My question is when workers in game studios start to make unions. It’s a massive industry and the people actually making the games are constantly fucked over.
Recent and huge progress on that front. It’s an industry wide union, and apparently even recently laid-off workers can join.
Many years ago. But as you said, it’s a big industry, and the US is not an easy place to unionize in.
and the US is not an easy place to unionize in.
Moreso now than ever before.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time to plant a tree is right now.
But I don’t think that advice includes people staring at a fast approaching wildfire…
Now can be both the second-best-time to plant a tree and the first-best-time to grab a bucket of water!
Remember everyone, the forest is on fire and there’s not many places to run. The fires of climate change affects the entire world, and this administration and the wealthy that back them will gleefully pour fuel on the flames and let your house burn.
You can stand around begging for rain, asking why the landlord didn’t fix the sprinklers or why he never checked the fire extinguishers or why he’s hiding under his desk clutching the cash register for dear life…
Or you can grab a bucket.
Yes, but there are also European developers. Such as Ubisoft, which previously had major issues with harassment, and probably still does. If they have a union, it certainly isn’t a powerful one.
The French trade union Solidaires Informatique has pursued both criminal and civil charges. Not sure how much that accomplished, but at the very least a bunch of assholes were fired or resigned, so they weren’t completely ineffective.
It will be used to justify raises AAA prices even more. Not that i care but it will be interesting to see.
TL,DR: Company fires hundreds of workers. CEO makes $25.6 million.
Bullshit like this is why our industry is a mess, Nintendo may be greedy fucks but their code is good because the same dudes have been working there since the fucken 80s.
I mean, if you want to emulate a corporate ethos, I don’t think Japan should be the benchmark, either…
Their crunch culture is def bad (they’re going to kill Sakurai one day), but there is quite a few things they do right. They don’t lay people off and their executives take accountability. Iwata took a significant pay cut when the Wii U flopped.
They can’t lay people off, so they just put them in a room with no work to do until they get so bored that they quit. It’s the same thing but different.
I’ll take my chances with the boredom room.
forreal I write as a hobby and I spend as much free time at work sticking it to the boss by writing lol. if they literally handed me a room with little stimuli and let me bring my notebook in I’d be living
Just making sure you realize the company would have the copyright for anything you create while on the clock…
“Fuck, well, publish it as another light novel. I’m sure they’ll quit soon.”
Exactly, I would start taking naps and watch movies. You can’t bore or shame me into quitting, the second I know it’s a game, I will be breaking a b**** lol
Why would I quit my dream job? Getting paid so sit doing nothing is my life long goal.
I think at this points it’s better to not join up with a large developer or publisher. The indie market has better job security.
Or better yet, organize like the Hollywood actors have WGA.
I got laid off 3 months after I launched a modern website to replace my former company’s old platform that none of their other developers wanted to work with.
I did exactly what they told me, something they wanted for years and years, and then I got laid off as a thanks instead of a bonus.
lol
Though I ended up getting a job that pays 30% more so I guess it ended up okay.
Haven’t played since they removed Linux support. Will never play again.
We should pay way more attention to other industries.
This is why we need copyright laws
In a sensible world we would not allow our society to steal the work of artists and then throw away the artist.
That’s sad and disgusting.
Apex has a story?
This is why we need to have 90 dollar games! /s
Apex is literally free to play
