please, please read this. the employee abuse thats been uncovered here is distressing. this needs to be spread to every corner of the games industry - ThreadSky

b0tster.yeag.gay • 47 days ago

please, please read this. the employee abuse thats been uncovered here is distressing. this needs to be spread to every corner of the games industry

Reposted from Chris Bratt

Back in 2021, PMG reported on the unseen games industry crunch taking place at outsourcing studios in SE Asia.

Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve the conditions of the artists doing that work. (1/7)

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tonybones.bsky.social•47 days ago

Thanks for sharing! I might have completely missed this video without this post.

cidwel.bsky.social•47 days ago

Just got destroyed when I saw that the company that made Visions of Mana got closed weeks before the release. The whole industry needs to be calcinated

hrothgarcanuck.bsky.social•47 days ago

It's fucking nuts!

pownchao.bsky.social•47 days ago

I always try to encourage others to check PMG out. We don't typically get this kind of investigative journalism in the games media landscape, and it's the kind of thing we deserve more of. We need to recognize the people behind games and the conditions of their work.

mohamedjomaa5.bsky.social•47 days ago

I read what you post and care about it and sometimes comment when I ask you for just a repost and you ignore me why is this?

barloq.bsky.social•47 days ago

Jesus Christ. This is only going to get worse too, with ballooning AAA budgets largely due to high cost of living for devs, they're gonna be outsourcing the shit out of their games to low cost workers. :(

nonameo7.bsky.social•47 days ago

*high cost of living for devs* that's completely bot true

barloq.bsky.social•47 days ago

No? Games take longer to make with more people on staff that ever before. Those people are getting paid as long as they're at the studio. 600 devs in Vancouver, Montreal, LA, Washington, etc cost a lot to maintain. Not saying they don't deserve it, but management needs to rein in their budgets.

barloq.bsky.social•47 days ago

And, obviously, executive/shareholder pay is also a big fucking problem. If anyone should be getting paid, it's the devs, but you can't blame ballooning video game budgets on executive compensation entirely.

pithypith.bsky.social•47 days ago

The games are also bigger and more complex than ever before. It’s not just exec pay, it’s exec demands. Devs in many studios are working tons of overtime. And they make what ~100k with a few years of experience? Sure it’s good money in rural Utah but not really in New York, LA, even Austin.

barloq.bsky.social•47 days ago

Mhmm, the dev pay isn't the issue so much as managing the scope of the projects. But, because they've bloated the scope of their projects to the point where games take at least 4 years to make with hundreds of devs, it costs a fuckload. Bring back more focused, AA bangers I say.

tahvohck.kaeva.xyz•47 days ago

Watched their video last night. It's utterly insane what the employees went through (and, from the sound of it, the industry as a whole ignores)

jalixe.bsky.social•45 days ago

These Christians sure like treating people like garbage

r1zmy.bsky.social•47 days ago

Shit's fucked over here. Local governments scoffs at the idea of giving financial help to creative industries so your only chance to survive is to work for outsourcing companies. I quit after just 2 months of work animating for an outsourcing company and fell into deep depression for years.

b0tster.yeag.gay•47 days ago

i am so sorry. that is awful 🫂

r1zmy.bsky.social•47 days ago

it's okay, I started playing FF14 to cope about it, then I got into a relationship and broken up in 3 months, then spiraled into another deep depression, but I found out that I'm enby because of it and I'm happier now.

mishazgreen.bsky.social•47 days ago

That's certainly life.

or10ncozz.bsky.social•47 days ago

Companies abusing Employees... not really surprised to hear things like this happening after Activation shafted Crash.

In other news. Water is Wet.

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