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It's not that unusual, my wife's at a AAA Japanese owned company and they do fat bonuses for everyone if a game does well (which isn't a pay raise, but I get the desire not to make it permanent given the next game could flop). That includes people who aren't even on the game, although I imagine it's more if it's your game.
But Japanese do it different from the US and people are expected to stay as long as they can, which is different from US job market. I imagine Korean and other non-US companies have pretty similar setups. Hell, even the US used to be like this before wealth inequality got so bad.
I would have been better off in Japan. My salary is kept "competitive" at my employer, and I HATE changing jobs (and its far too risky to with a kid, and id probably have to move anyway which is a deal killer).
The upside is that (so far) I have a pension.
It's a mixed bag. Their economy is getting really bad and they have less workers rights by a bit, which is saying a lot since the US workers rights are bad. But yeah, loyalty is still valued, as is a sense of real teamwork.
My wife gets the benefit of working in the US division, so she doesn't have those problems. Her pay would probably be better at EA or Riot, but we like that her company isn't... well, them.