I moved from making AAA games to other parts of the software industry in 2005. It is not "just like any other industry". The working conditions were bad/abusive, very open sexism, lots of young inexperienced employees (like myself at the time) who don't realize what's going on is not the norm elsewhere. I got paid in a class action settlement against one of my employers. I don't get the impression anything has changed.

Leaving games got me: cooler/more interesting work, much better pay, dramatically better work conditions. I never again experienced anything at the level of the unpleasantness of working for a game studio.