Comment on Madden should not be 70$

• SCB@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People do not get paid based on production but based on value.

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  • orangeboats@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And a guy sitting in their office biting nails all day is somehow much more valuable than the people developing the product. Sure, if you would believe in that.

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    • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Who do you think is “biting their nails all day?” Like, which positions specifically.

      Also game devs work in offices (or at home offices)

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• SCB@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I googled median EA wages, EA CEO pay and number of people employees at EA and then did division

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  • orangeboats@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If I follow your search terms, the first Google result is this. If the data were to be trusted, then most of the employees are absolutely paid much less than the “top positions”.

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    • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah if you don’t work in CS you’re making at or near 100k and the math holds.

      Compare the salary ranges with # of employees per role.

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