Or you would identify the most likely underlying cause of the stereotype: that the games industry is an industry of love, just like fashion, music, theater or

Or you would identify the most likely underlying cause of the stereotype: that the games industry is an industry of love, just like fashion, music, theater or art. That means that there is a much more abundant supply of labour and that the demand side is exploiting this by offering lower wages, worse working environment, crazier hours etc. The main difference between fashion, music and art is that the discrepancy is much more poignant in the games industry because there's an abundant supply of well-paying cushy jobs just around the corner which involve almost the exact same skill-set to compare against.