Or give the awards directly to the credited teams, and not to the companies.
We don’t give Oscars to film companies. Imagine if an actor won an Oscar for a movie role, but didn’t walk up on stage to get it because they were already working on another movie. Sounds asinine, right? So why is it accepted in the game dev community?
Maybe we should be barring these companies that dump their teams after releasing a game from winning awards?
Or give the awards directly to the credited teams, and not to the companies.
We don’t give Oscars to film companies. Imagine if an actor won an Oscar for a movie role, but didn’t walk up on stage to get it because they were already working on another movie. Sounds asinine, right? So why is it accepted in the game dev community?
Totally fair. Why should the business get the award when the people that made the thing that won the award no longer work for the business?
We should. This is fucking bullshit exploitation.