Re:Godot maintainer removes controversial satirical piece fr...
by eru on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:40AM
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> Games could be a great artform, but the money/power structures we live in make them cashcows first and foremost.
There's lots of indie games that don't have those issues.
But, the problem with making games is the same problem with art or music or opening a coffee shop or becoming a doctor or nurse: it's something that people want to do, and so supply will overwhelm demand until conditions and pay get bad enough to outweigh the romantic appeal.
Programmers in the game industry are treated much worse on average, than programmers working on in-house CRUD apps.
(Similarly, I assume working conditions at Tesla and SpaceX must be comparatively bad. Not necessarily absolutely bad, but compared to what the people working there could get elsewhere.)
There's lots of indie games that don't have those issues.
But, the problem with making games is the same problem with art or music or opening a coffee shop or becoming a doctor or nurse: it's something that people want to do, and so supply will overwhelm demand until conditions and pay get bad enough to outweigh the romantic appeal.
Programmers in the game industry are treated much worse on average, than programmers working on in-house CRUD apps.
(Similarly, I assume working conditions at Tesla and SpaceX must be comparatively bad. Not necessarily absolutely bad, but compared to what the people working there could get elsewhere.)