If you can successfully operate a studio somewhere like Eastern Europe or South-East Asia rather than in Los Angeles or London, you can bring down development costs significantly – at least in theory.
They hate us that much. They won't even consider opening a studio in Wausau, Fort Dodge, or Albert Lea. They're like "Whelp, we can't be in Hollywood so let's move to fucking Poland."
They aren’t opening studios in America and Western Europe because those countries are diversified and subject to diversity hiring mandates.
This isn’t about cheap labor. It’s about competent labor. Holding anyone other than white males accountable for their productivity is racist/sexist, so the only way you can get your money’s worth is to hire exclusively white men. Poland is the new hotness for game dev because they have both a large pool of skilled white male game devs and fewer diversity initiatives. The wages are lower, sure, but not third world tier. That budget goes a lot further when you’re not required to throw extra salaries at unproductive demographics.
They hate us that much. They won't even consider opening a studio in Wausau, Fort Dodge, or Albert Lea. They're like "Whelp, we can't be in Hollywood so let's move to fucking Poland."
They'd rather be dead than live in the midwest.
They aren’t opening studios in America and Western Europe because those countries are diversified and subject to diversity hiring mandates.
This isn’t about cheap labor. It’s about competent labor. Holding anyone other than white males accountable for their productivity is racist/sexist, so the only way you can get your money’s worth is to hire exclusively white men. Poland is the new hotness for game dev because they have both a large pool of skilled white male game devs and fewer diversity initiatives. The wages are lower, sure, but not third world tier. That budget goes a lot further when you’re not required to throw extra salaries at unproductive demographics.
Why is it that I never see DEI types complain about the lack of racial diversity in the Chinese sweat shops that make 90% of their stuff?
Because it's about angry revenge fantasies from the filthskins on the group they know are their Betters.