foxconn
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Console Companies Continuing To Keep External Auditors Out Of Factories
We’ve written many times before about the working conditions at Foxconn and other Chinese plants at which nearly all of the electronics used for gaming are manufactured. The short version is, its not great.
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Proceeds From Banned Foxconn iPhone Game Given To Foxconn Employee Who Attempted Suicide
Molleindustria’s critical protest game Phone Story was designed to achieve two ends: to raise consumer awareness of the conditions under which smartphones like the iPhone are produced, and to help serve as a fundraising tool.
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Do Apple, Microsoft, Sony And Nintendo Really Care? Do We?
For Westerners, the conditions are shocking. Workers slave away for hours on end, pulling overtime, until their legs swell or they suffer from crippling disabilities.
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Who’s To Blame For Slave Labour-Made Game Consoles: Gamers Or Game Companies?
Last month, when I got my hands on the PS Vita, the first thing I did was open the box. The second? Flipped over the device to see where it was made.