Looks like the video game and entertainment world is going through another big battle this time over money and the competitive job market for top level talent.
Once again Blizzard is leading the pack with bad news as reports have come in that it pays its employees 1/4 of the national average salaries for each position in its company while it pays the management millions of dollars with the CEO making $40 million which makes him among the top 5 highest paid CEOs in the world.
Now most of you are thinking if you were in these employees shoes then why not just go to another company since your so talented. You are correct most the top level talent is leaving Blizzard and EA for companies like riot games bc the pay is better. That’s why we got crappy games like Mass Effect 3 and Anthem.
Then the really talented developers are going the indie game route and starting their own companies instead of letting some greedy management leech their production and own the rights to all their creations for a below fair paying wage. When you think about it they pay these developers $16 an hour or less for products that earn the company billions.
It’s a power play from leaders with control issues and superiority complexes. One developer said he demanded fair pay and was told he was welcome to take his talent somewhere else and blacklisted in the entertainment industry. That not right to use people then when you can’t exploit them you give them the boot and deny them opportunities else where with slander or threats.
As a consumer I want great games again like Zelda, Final Fantasy, Madden in its prime. I hate to see top talent get treated like crap then have to accept poor quality products bc some CEO wants to a new private jet off the hard work of its underpaid workers. All I can say is karma catches up and the consumers will stop buying bad games as a result of not paying talented developers fairly for their hard work and creativity.
