Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Umbra View Post
Fairly easy do when own bosses & own a decently used store front GOG, CD rake in a lot of cash & can afford to act generous but trust that if tight for money or weren't own bosses they'd be just as scummy as rest of industry.
Eh...No one stops other companies from being their own bosses?! And the scummiest companies like EA are actually the biggest ones, with the least amount of worry for money. The smallest companies with tightest budgets are actually the most fair in general.

You see, people nowadays want instant gratification. That's why all those gaming (and not only) companies get their initial success, then enter the shares market then sell their shares for ton of money. They want to earn several million without extra work all at once, instead of putting in ten years worth of some effort (as their own bosses, they choose how much technically) to get twice or even thrice that, with even more money waiting further down the line. That's why all those studios end up under scummy companies like EA. Because their owners want money NOW, not over time, so they beg to become underlings.