It’s clear from your comments that you have no idea how unions work and have demonstrated a complete ignorance to the size and significance of American companies and employees in the game industry.

There are film productions all over the world and the unions and guilds are full of international members. You can work in different countries but be part of the union being employed by an American production (either film or games) and enjoy the benefits of that. You need to educate yourself as to how unions work. I…

Dude, get off the global stuff. I’m not talking about a global union. You keep bringing that up and saying it’s impossible as a counter to what I’m saying, but I’m talking about American developers. It’s very possible for American developers to unionize.

Again, Developers have the power to create a better negotiating position. They need to make the sacrifices now to reap the benefits later.

Again, there are tons of Developers in America that could benefit from the same protections that an American union provides. They are helping by showing what can be accomplished by banding together and unionizing.

You’re trying to suggest that paying Actors more will cause a world wide video game collapse, which is…

Uh no, that’s not how it works. If a union votes to strike for better wages and conditions, it’s their right to do so. If Developers want the same, local or abroad, they need to band together. I could care less if you’re behind the actors or not. The fact is that they’re a union and stand as one. You should be…

And there are tons of American employees working here in the states that aren’t outsourced.

All of you people arguing against this are just arguing in support of the Publishers and keeping the status quo.

But do you know what a metaphor is? I just want to make sure.

So Developers should push for better wages and conditions. 

Except all those video game studios based in America...what are you on about?

“Video games might be the only medium left where the team effort is so clearly and distinctly appreciated”

According to who? You? What are you basing this incredibly broad claim on? The more you post, the more incoherent you sound.

Now I really can’t take you serious since you don’t know what a metaphor is (the word you’re looking for is analogy). Sorry to correct you on something that every adult in the country should know after high school English class.

It’s also cute how you basically reworded my last comment to you and repeated it back to…

“That Guy” arguing that because Developers have it bad, no one deserves to ask for anything better. It’s in every article, but your posts are particularly amusing for how misinformed that are. You’ve completely derailed the discussion with your ACA nonsense. Since you can’t stay on topic, I’m done replying to you.…

“They’re the biggest and most profitable (no hyphen necessary, try to keep up here) businesses in the industry.”

All the more reason for Developers to band together to demand better conditions and pay. You’re making yourself look worse with each post. And stop acting like you’re speaking on behalf of the video game…

We’re discussing pay and working conditions in the video game industry and you’re bringing up the ACA. Try to stay on topic. I love articles like these because the first thing I do is scroll to the comments section to find “that guy”. Sure enough, there you are. Hopelessly predictable.

Actors will get what they’re…

Bad games don’t sell. Publishers would have to concede to the demands of the Developers if they keep pumping out garbage. Problem solved. Your hypotheticals are all doom and gloom. Again, Developers could have done this years ago, but they didn’t. The sacrifice has to come from somewhere.

That’s irrevelant.

Cool story, bro.

If Developers stood together and refused to work, they’d eventually get a breakthrough. But sacrifices need to be made in order for that to happen. You mention in another comment that publishers would just higher graduates out of India instead. That’s laughable. Sure, they could, but bringing in scabs from another…

They’re part of a union that protects them. They’re entitled to be paid on par with other work they book via SAG projects. Developers need to unionize if they want things to change for themselves. Commenters like you who try to pit the two groups against each other demonstrate a clear misunderstanding as to how the…