FWIW, my experience includes six different companies and maybe roughly about a thousand people being paid sales based bonuses on top of wages. I have only seen the mix kind in my experience, never royalties-only payment in lieu of wages. I have no idea how often it’s royalties-only, I’m curious why you claim it’s “generally”. Why do you think this? Lots of people are paid both wages and royalties and/or bonuses. > Generally when an artist (or creator of any sort) is paid royalties, it’s in lieu of wages, so you’re also shouldering risk if the project fails. Oops.īeing offered a bonus by your employer after six months of 80 hours/week crunch because the game sold well is not the same thing as either expecting royalties, nor having+eating cake. I saw people spend money they didn’t have, and then get smaller bonuses than they counted on.

> Being paid a wage and also expecting royalties is wanting to have your cake and eat it too.Įxpecting royalties or bonuses is generally a bad idea in the “don’t count your chickens before they hatch” sort of way. Losing a job unexpectedly isn’t a downside?

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