the level of defense that CDPR gets is astonishing to me. they can do no wrong in the eyes of some people. they literally made fun of other games for having MTX and now they're trying to spin the whole thing as different than others.
also while were at it, can we please talk about the ridiculous crunch at CDPR? or is those concerns exclusive to Naughty Dog ?
CDPR is largely immune to why most people were concerned with the stuff at ND: console wars. It's sad how few actually give a shit just by looking at posts about Ubisoft's next conference or whatever.
If you want to talk about cancerous crunch culture in video industry go and make thread about it, then watch how quick ERA ignores it again. Blindspot for crunch isn't exclusive to CDPR, people turn blind eye to cracking of riding crop at R*, ND, Big Publisher Studios etc. all the same. Acting like CDPR is somehow getting "exclusive pass" on that stuff on here is disingenuous.
I'm still waiting for Jason to do some follow up on his CDPR crunch reporting to see if studio leadership has actually done meaningful changes to work culture. Some talk has bled through to outside via youtubers etc. that CP77 crunch isn't anywhere near what it was for TW3, but someone like Jason could get better details.
Seriously, I would say this is because of how beloved W3 is but even the downgrades (which were handled terribly on CDPR's end, similar to how the no MTX thing is with CP2077) were defended or deflected to "consoles weak lol" prior to its release. Other companies get torn apart for doing half the stuff CDPR is doing.
CDPR doubled down and community had proto Puddle Gate bullshit by fucking pixel counting blades of grass to see if grass was "donwgraded". It was all around some shameful shit. It was just sad how community was micro analyzing every little detail and frame for signs of downgrade while CDPR insisted their tech wasn't changed (only to later admit that e.g. lightning engine was totally replaced etc.).
What I don't really get is why here on ERA is this narrative that CDPR is getting free pass on shit more than any other studio in existence, when most if not all ERA darlings do get just equal amount of passes on bullshit. People make noise about latest issue that studio X or Y did or was exposed for, but give it week or two and it's all quietly slipped into the night.
