Game Companies Facing Lawsuits by Developers

One by one, developers are saying “No More!” to their tormentors. The game industry is notorious for its horrible treatment of workers. Of course, not all companies are like this, but a majority of the big ones are. The first one that comes to mind is EA of course.

Electronic Arts recently settled for $14.9 Million (USD) with its employees for overtime pay. The developers were not receiving anything for their hundreds of overtime hours. This high-profile case has led to two new lawsuits against Activision and Sony Computer Entertainment America. Sony’s already being sued left and right by just about everybody, kind of like Nintendo was back in the 90s.

Hopefully the lawsuits both win out and game developers will see better working conditions. The fact that programmers in the game industry make less money with more work than programmers in other industries is very disheartening.

One by one, developers are saying “No More!” to their tormentors. The game industry is notorious for its horrible treatment of workers. Of course, not all companies are like this, but a majority of the big ones are. The first one that comes to mind is EA of course.

Electronic Arts recently settled for $14.9 Million (USD) with its employees for overtime pay. The developers were not receiving anything for their hundreds of overtime hours. This high-profile case has led to two new lawsuits against Activision and Sony Computer Entertainment America. Sony’s already being sued left and right by just about everybody, kind of like Nintendo was back in the 90s.

Hopefully the lawsuits both win out and game developers will see better working conditions. The fact that programmers in the game industry make less money with more work than programmers in other industries is very disheartening.