As far as I’m aware, no major video game publishing or dev office in the US allows union workers. In fact, the only major video game company I’m aware of that has unionized workers is Paradox Games (makers of Victoria 2, Crusader Kings, Cities Skylines, Stellaris, EU, and Hearts of Iron).
I’m not against pressuring Nintendo to have a unionized workforce as I feel if anyone has the ability to normalize something across the industry, it’s Nintendo. I am against demonizing Nintendo alone over an industry norm, and if it’s true that people are using it as an excuse to pirate games, report them. Software piracy is illegal, scummy, and undermines customer confidence and the industry—generally, the industry doesn’t respond positively to that kind of activity. What Nintendo does react to is social progress awareness campaigns, which is why LGBT stuff is now recognized by the dev teams.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
