Yes it’s very high. In fact, he is the highest paid Director of a video game company in the UK. And that’s an actual fact. And the fact that he took a 22% pay increase in 2016, having not even shipped a fucking game, is even more worrisome.
And if Erin is making $300K, how much do you think Chris, Sandi, Ortwin, Nick et al are making for being part of the friends and family program?
When you consider that the F42-UK studio has NO reason to exist, other than because Chris wanted his family and friends to benefit from this project, it’s even worse. And it’s the largest of the four studios; which is why they are burning through almost $24M a year, for a project that’s averaging $30M a year from crowd-funding.