"This is What it Takes to Make Games at Our Level" Naughty Dog Reportedly Accepted Crunch as Inevitable after The Last of Us
A former Naughty Dog dev has revealed the studio sees crunch as a natural consequence of maintaining its level of quality. Crunch, a practice in which devs are either required or feel coerced to put in extreme hours to reach a certain deadline, has been a hot-button issue across the gaming industry for years, and it sadly doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. According to one insider, it's become so pervasive at Naughty Dog in particular because the company has accepted it as inevitable.
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