You must have missed when they admitted in 2019 that crunch on Witcher III was "not humane".Regarding Cyberpunk, up until recently CD Projekt was a beloved and trusted developer with a seemingly great business ethic. There would have been no reason to suspect them of wrongdoings beforehand and try to investigate
Actually I didn't know. I can't excuse something I simply did not know about. However thank you for revealing that news to me. Which brings me to my next two points...We knew about crunch years ago, and you are excusing it ITT, selling a narrative that this is a brand new thing for Cyberpunk, necessitating the most recent coverage.
If he did know, why would he cover something that's already been covered? This isn't like news networks where they have to tell you the same talking points because people only tune in to certain channels. If it was put out there, that means it was already addressed. What would addressing the same situation twice accomplish?You must have missed when they admitted in 2019 that crunch on Witcher III was "not humane".
CD Projekt Red Admits Crunch Period For The Witcher 3 Was Not 'Humane'
Game development is changing as more and more employees speak out against the dreaded crunch.www.gamebyte.com
You haven't answered that question, just dodged it.
9 years of working as software developer. Never ever crunched in my life, but we make sure to have realistic deadlines in our team. Work without crunch is possible.
Jason's ego is large enough to have its own gravitational field.I somewhat disagree. My issue is he doesnt just report. He reports and then spins it in whatever direction he sees fit. A reporters job is to report, not slant it in their own direction. His book was far more compelling as he kept his ego out of it.
Can you finish making that game in 6 months without crunch? If yes then you planned production correctly, If not then game should be delayed.GAmes sometimes dont even run or have the ability to do a complete playthrough until final 6 months.
Problem is not in fact that crunch sometimes happens, but in fact that it's for many people reason to be proud. That's probably only situation in the world when people are proud of being terrible in their job (estimating implementation and stabilization time is part of developer job). There is reason why we talk about "crunch culture" and not "crunch incidents".Not saying that people crunching for months on end is good and should continue, just that sometimes thats what happens.
This times a thousand, the "culture" has succesfully brainwashed workers, making them think it's something to wear as a badge of pride and honour; it's fucking stupid.Problem is not in fact that crunch sometimes happens, but in fact that it's for many people reason to be proud.
Can you finish making that game in 6 months without crunch? If yes then you planned production correctly, If not then game should be delayed.
Problem is not in fact that crunch sometimes happens, but in fact that it's for many people reason to be proud. That's probably only situation in the world when people are proud of being terrible in their job (estimating implementation and stabilization time is part of developer job). There is reason why we talk about "crunch culture" and not "crunch incidents".
Bad!What a cringey thumbnail pic. I thought we were done with the boomer soy face. Why does Jaffe take pictures like that, and why does he type like a teenage girl? Not a good look.
You must have missed when they admitted in 2019 that crunch on Witcher III was "not humane".
What companies do you feel he has lied about or pushed a narrative on? When fiscal earnings come out, when crunch/overtime hours are revealed, or when we read news that another wave of employee firings have happened and yet the CEO gets another bonus, should these findings not be brought to light?
I'm confused. It sounds like some people here might dislike him for reasons other than his work(like his political sidings). If that's the case, what does it have to do with the thread?
That sounds like a dumb move(career suicide). I don't think he got this far by being dumb.
First, Schreier's work isn't only about crunch. In its book, he also talks about Shovel Knight, Stardew Valley or even about how wonderful CD Projekt is as developer for its work on The Witcher 3 (yeah, this content didn't aged well...). About Bioware, he also has multiple very interesting insights, not only about crunch.
Secondly, Red Dead Redemption II and The Last of Us Part II were two huge successes. I don't think Jason Schreier's reports affect game sales, and I don't really see the problem to learn how those studio works. It doesn't mean that crunch is always bad, but I think informations are always useful, especially if they don't affect game sales.
I need receipts!Not really. It's easy to drop "game X is delayed" when you don't care about breaking the trust of the people that tell you stuff.
But all the more complex reports about workplace situations are never proven to be as one-sided as he describes them.
I already had to have a new liver last timeTake a drink every time he says crunch.
Hilarious, always all that talk but 0 proofs given.This is 100% comedic.
His "leaks" are simply cherry-picked anonymous sources to sell a dishonest partisan narrative. Only someone extremely naive could blindly believe reports about companies employing tens or hundreds of people who are absolutely one-sided, in which everyone sings the same song.
This kind of report exposes itself. Genuine reporting would include people on both sides of the fence. Pretty much all companies have people who are unhappy and people who are happy about their condition there. To believe that Schreier only comes across people that very conveniently support the message he wants to sell is as naive as it comes. It's obvious that he's selecting only those convenient to him, which is massively dishonest.
“It’s the nature of the job” is unacceptable. We never would have made the changes we have to today when it comes to workers rights without tackling these said problems head on and revealing them for what they are!I already laid it out earlier. I’m not going to repeat myself when you provided no solution to the problem.
Oh ok, no examples?Oh, Schreier's biggest fanboy's back.
Which has he lied? Simple critical analysis of his posts ("article" would be insulting for actual articles) indicates that the answer to your question is "all of them." A report in which *all* the anonymous sources in a company with hundreds of employees sing the same song, which is coincidentally the song convenient to the writer, is inherently dishonest. There simply is no way that everyone who he spoke to gave him exactly the same point of view. Teams of hundreds are no hive minds and work conditions are very subjective. Hence, it's obvious that he cherry-picked what was convenient to his narrative and discarded what was not. Only a complete lack of critical thinking can make you come to a different conclusion.
It's funny that you call mine "garbage rhetoric" when rhetoric is all the one you consistently defend (to the point of personal insult. I wonder why you're so invested) is all about, and in the most negative and disingenuous meaning of the word.
Hilarious, always all that talk but 0 proofs given.
So which has he lied? Cyberpunk? Bioware? Who are the anonymous who lied, cyberpunk employees? Who the boss finally felt the need to come up and admit and apologize?
And believe who, your words with 0 source?
Jason's posts just give you guys a raging boner every season. The previous guy was right, Jason may be trash, but his reports has more credibility than your garbage rhetoric.
Exactly.Oh, Schreier's biggest fan's back.
Which has he lied? A simple critical analysis of his posts ("article" would be insulting for actual articles) indicates that the answer to your question is "all of them." A report in which *all* the anonymous sources in a company with hundreds of employees sing the same song, which is coincidentally the song convenient to the writer, is inherently dishonest. There simply is no way that everyone who he spoke to gave him exactly the same point of view. Teams of hundreds are no hive minds and work conditions are very subjective. Hence, it's obvious that in the most charitable scenario, he cherry-picked what was convenient to his narrative and discarded what was not, which is inherently dishonest reporting. Only a complete lack of critical thinking can make you come to a different conclusion.
It's funny that you call mine "garbage rhetoric" when rhetoric is what the one you consistently defend (to the point of personal insult. I wonder why you're so invested) is all about, and in the most negative and disingenuous meaning of the word.
If Jaffe is hyping it, maybe it's about someone high up at Sony Santa Monica and connected to God of War?
Phil Spencer is the new voice of Kratos.
Lmao "critical analysis"! By who? by yourself?! So your OPINION backed by nothing is critical?Oh, Schreier's biggest fan's back.
Which has he lied? A simple critical analysis of his posts ("article" would be insulting for actual articles) indicates that the answer to your question is "all of them." A report in which *all* the anonymous sources in a company with hundreds of employees sing the same song, which is coincidentally the song convenient to the writer, is inherently dishonest. There simply is no way that everyone who he spoke to gave him exactly the same point of view. Teams of hundreds are no hive minds and work conditions are very subjective. Hence, it's obvious that in the most charitable scenario, he cherry-picked what was convenient to his narrative and discarded what was not, which is inherently dishonest reporting. Only a complete lack of critical thinking can make you come to a different conclusion.
It's funny that you call mine "garbage rhetoric" when rhetoric is what the one you consistently defend (to the point of personal insult. I wonder why you're so invested) is all about, and in the most negative and disingenuous meaning of the word.
He works for bloomberg now.Wow, any credible journalistic venture would throw this person out to sea in 2 seconds. No wonder he works at kotaku, where skill and quality have no merit.
Gamergate
popcorn has now ran out. Hurry the fuck up
what is it then ?I just read it, its not even that bad, lol.
Some of the info is head scratching tho.
There's a thread already:what is it then ?
Yeap I can’t see how a focus in Blockbusters is a bad thing.Not disagreeing with facts he’s presented as there’s no way to verify them. If no lou1 remake comes out he can say it’s cancelled if days gone gets a sequel now (which it still may) he can say it’s due to demand. His assertion that Sony is obsessed with ‘churning out’ blockbusters is a weird way of saying Sony is doing a good job of trying to make the most successful best received critically games it can, and is no different to what Jim Ryan has publicly stated.
You can say what you want about him, but I don't think there is any other journalist with that much access to insider info from companies all around the world.Not disagreeing with facts he’s presented as there’s no way to verify them. If no lou1 remake comes out he can say it’s cancelled if days gone gets a sequel now (which it still may) he can say it’s due to demand. His assertion that Sony is obsessed with ‘churning out’ blockbusters is a weird way of saying Sony is doing a good job of trying to make the most successful best received critically games it can, and is no different to what Jim Ryan has publicly stated.
From the specs of the consoles to the talks about power/performance to just info about games development....I think Jason gets hated on unnecessarily as far as his info.You can say what you want about him, but I don't think there is any other journalist with that much access to insider info from companies all around the world.
come on, jason is not THAT bad, hes had some good pieces.
Lmao "critical analysis"! By who? by yourself?! So your OPINION backed by nothing is critical?
Becasue he didn't go by your preference of interviewing ALL of the employees?
And then the CEO admits they did crunch, and have the email receipts, apologize, but somehow your critical analysis is the truth??
Such hilarious garbage, in the end you still haven't been ablee to provide any concrete evidence with any corroboration except your "critical analysis".
Lol, critical moron. I don't even like Jason, but seeing you guys having rage boner every season calling him lying without a single corroborating evidence is just hilarious.