With the sheer amount of cash flowing into games – and don’t try to claim it isn’t – there’s no excuse for an industry that doesn’t take better care of its workers.
Unfair hours, low pay, and constant developer burnout is simply not justifiable. Not when other industries have had to deal with treating their employees well, and managed just fine. In the wake of Telltale, we need to discuss the rights and benefits that developers are long overdue.