4 ms·
AAA video game development has many similarities with the production of big budget Hollywood movies. Hollywood was unionized in response to the incredible abuse
by EthanHeilman 7y ago
AAA video game development has many similarities with the production of big budget Hollywood movies. Hollywood was unionized in response to the incredible abuses of "the studio system". I wonder the degree to which the Hollywood union system can be brought to AAA video game studios. One issue is that AAA video game development is more internationalized than Hollywood. Overall I think we are likely to see AAA video game studios unionized since the workers are both treated very poorly, skilled, powerful and are hard to replace.
- slg 7y agoA common factor between video games, Hollywood, and many other successful unions is that the supply of potential workers outpaces the amount of jobs available. This is the reason why general tech workers are treated better than people doing the exact same thing in the video game industry, because video games are just "cooler" and people are willing to sacrifice to work on them. This shifts the balance of power into the employers favor and allows them to enact policies and standards that are difficult to endure. Unions are a great way to shift that power balance back to neutral or even in favor of the workforce.
- unapologetic 7y agoThis is also why every big tech company pushes coding education so hard. and immigration (no hate, I'm an immigrant because of it).