gee, you really think outsourcing is cheap because people are paid crap?! outsourcing is cheap because it happens in countries where the loans are lower IN GENERAL or because the studios work with just less overhead (show me one outsourcer that has a gym or a tiki bar or the luxury of even getting on the game credits). Now…
I know this has nothing to do with outsourcing but I have to address this: pay is less for game development in China, you've even said in the past that westerners have to cut back their lifestyle because the wages are lower in proportion of the cost of living. The fancy studio with a Tiki bar in the US is the rare…
Well I'm a one man AAA outsourcing studio in taiwan :P and I have my "basement" ;) Jokes aside, It's quite worrisome to see these kind of paths companies take, Haven't seen that level of shittyness in the game industry but many companies take in more free interns then they can handle in hope of free workers. Still quality…
I think you confuse this with something someone else said :) Westerners are an exception here and they earn far more than the average Chinese employee because otherwise you just don't get people from the outside with production xp to come to China - they would just stay in the US/EU. Our studio, close to 1000 employees is…