Hi, I'm the CEO of a small video game development company and your 80's-era conservative economic views are devastating to worker's rights and ensuring proper labor conditions for typically overworked and underpaid employees.
The market, based on its current size, will bear out a certain amount of revenue per year and, as a direct correlation, a number of jobs in the industry. It's clear that incredible games can be made under conditions that properly treat the worker; the work of Insomniac games and many others correlate this. If companies are unable to sustain their unhealthy business practices, individual employees at a company might be let go, but new jobs will open up in the industry to take their place, because there's a vacated space. And while there might be marginally fewer jobs overall due to higher wages, the better conditions and higher level of attracted talent can easily offset that in terms of overall productivity.
"But what about layoffs" nonsense can be used to justify literally anything. Why have a minimum wage if it's going to raise the prices of games? Why have anti-discrimination laws? Why have labor laws at all, if they're going to get in the way of the bottom line?
You're essentially telling the people who make your precious games that you don't give a shit about them. Now, no one says you have to, but coming into this thread and basically telling them to fuck off is unacceptable, in my opinion.
Keep your mouth shut if you're gonna spout this bullshit rhetoric.
