Game companies keep disrespecting artists and musicians
The video game industry is massive and many of the biggest companies involved are worth billions of dollars and bring in millions every day. Yet many of them continue to treat artists poorly. This year alone we saw two different composers come out and explain how big companies like Activision and Bethesda-owned id Software reportedly disrespected their creative intentions and distanced themselves from the finished soundtracks. We also saw Epic apparently offer an artist $3,000 for an art piece, while it rakes in millions of dollars selling skins in Fortnite
Plus, there’s the way many companies still continue to underpay and overwork their staff of mostly non-union artists, designers, musicians, writers, and more. If we want this industry to continue to grow and create great stuff, it has to start being better to the creative people making all this stuff
