Here is how big game companies work. Everyone doing the work get paid like regular jobs, they don't have shares in the profit.
So, once a product ships if you buy it or not doesn't "support" those developers.
They have already been paid. Many have already been laid off.
So, once a product ships if you buy it or not doesn't "support" those developers.
They have already been paid. Many have already been laid off.
The money goes to investors, publishers and the IP owners.
If the project tanks because, I dunno, a huge amount of people don't want to support transphobia or bad working environments or politics, well that's a shame.
Because the companies can write off the loss for tax.
If the project tanks because, I dunno, a huge amount of people don't want to support transphobia or bad working environments or politics, well that's a shame.
Because the companies can write off the loss for tax.
At worst, the fat cats around the shareholders meeting will get angry and some management will get shuffled around, meaning some rich bastard will get a golden parachute payout or be shuffled off to a less active role or be given a shitter project.
If you want to support the actual developers, indy development studios are more likely to be the people leaving AAA games because they realise they don't get a slice of the pie.
The arguements that transgender lives are somehow not as important as financially supporting some game developers you don't actually give a crap about is pretty telling in and of itself.
However buying a big studio game doesn't pay any of the actual developer's rent. Sorry.
However buying a big studio game doesn't pay any of the actual developer's rent. Sorry.
Development studios broadly fall into two categories- ones with several projects staggered out so team members can move from finishing one to working on the other, (yay) and the usual format of expand the team to ship the game then lay them leaving just a core team for the next.
If your game is developed where people are desperate for jobs, great- you can be the latter and people will come back. Hell, you can fire them all and hire them back for less!
Oh yeah, that happens.
*turns and stares at Blizzard*
Oh yeah, that happens.
*turns and stares at Blizzard*
It is completely possible to separate the art and the artist, but is not possible to seperate paying to support a person who uses their funds to actively harm others.
The games industry is doing great during covid- because people need games to play and worlds to escape to.
The games industry is doing great during covid- because people need games to play and worlds to escape to.
Support good games made by good people. You can always find entertainment from many sources these days, so the only remaining question is your ethics.
I do not support Blizzard, CD Projekt Red or J.K. Rowling.
And somehow I still haven't played all the games in my library.
I do not support Blizzard, CD Projekt Red or J.K. Rowling.
And somehow I still haven't played all the games in my library.
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