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Crunch is - and always has been - a problem in software development (especially games), but forcing people to sacrifice their families, health and sanity for the sake of an EXPANSION DLC for a AAA game that already shipped and then laying them off afterwards? That's diabolical.

pcgamer.comFormer id Software producer says the team faced the 'worst crunch' in the series' history on Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations: 'There were days where I didn't see my son'"There were two months where I was working something like at least 12 hours every day."

Sean Jordan | Sharing Great Games You Probably Never Played!

@greatestgames.substack.com

2 Sept

I not only refuse to believe business must be done this way, but I'd argue we as gamers need to develop strong, unified principles to say, "I will not support publishers that treat their game devs this way." Microsoft is among the worst and most abusive when it comes to layoffs.

Sean Jordan | Sharing Great Games You Probably Never Played!

@greatestgames.substack.com

I'll remind everyone too - most of the people who played Doom: TDA did so through Game Pass. So all this labor id Software put in wasn't for a financial benefit. It was to prop up an unsustainable subscription model through which they received little financial reward. The DLC may make more money!

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