@darius @edk the economics part of it is very neatly summed up at the end of the article, which also points out the need for a union/unions.

"But [IGDA] runs on a shoestring budget that is still entirely too dependent on corporate sponsorship from companies with an interest in keeping their labor cheap and unempowered. It has no leverage, no teeth, and that's what the people who make games have been sorely lacking.”