A game industry union might look like a Hollywood Guild (SAG-AFTRA, etc.) instead of a trade union. SAG-AFTRA already negotiates with the game industry in supp

A game industry union might look like a Hollywood Guild (SAG-AFTRA, etc.) instead of a trade union. SAG-AFTRA already negotiates with the game industry in support of voice actors and performance capture actors. You can make the argument that actors are replaceable, but I'd argue that star performers are less replaceable than rockstar engineers. The majority of game industry workers are also not software engineers, so even if engineers don't unionize, because of their ability to get hired in other industries and the overlap between games and tech, it might benefit artists, animators, sound designers and game designers.