100-hour work weeks to finish RDR2:
Sounds like it’s not week-in-and-week out, but if it’s more than maybe once I think it’s unconscionable. Last time this happened on GTA5, Rockstar said, “There is simply no way Rockstar could continue to produce such large scale, high quality games without this.” So that’s the price of AAA games. I don’t expect gamers to do anything but praise the game when it’s out, which is a shame because either a significant cohort on the consumer side needs to push back against this or game devs need to get off their butts and figure out how to unionize.
Update: I just decided to start a thread on the push to unionize the games industry: