[jjice]

I agree with you, but I think most people don't. People generally hate paying for software and the $60->$70 standard AAA game pricing got a lot of people (my well paid friends included) complaining. Even if it was very clearly said that it is the cost of a well paid and respected team behind the game, I think most people won't care.

[zarzavat]

That's fine though. The value of unions is that they can force consumers to pay for better working conditions and prevent a race to the bottom.

Consumers usually are workers themselves so they also benefit from raising the bar of working conditions. Even if they don't like paying more, they are still receiving the benefit of living in a better society.

[jjice]

I completely agree with you, but I have found that the average person I've talked to about things like this refuses to look past the first thing they see, which is higher prices. If everything could go up and not just have people switch to the next lowest cost good with bad worker conditions, then that could work.

I'd argue GTA 6 is an inelastic good and people will play it no matter what, so I do think what you're saying applies here.