Microsoft Be Ashamed Of Overworking Its Employees

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and update on working project being developing by 343 Industries and The Coalition (for now. When new studio open and heading with futureof solitary warfare). Solitary Warfare in deep early deep stage of long peridot of months of development , 2021 or 2022
release winte season, but it meant the developers behind it weren't being pushed to the extremes just to release a game on time. With newer reports coming out about "crunch culture" and the psychological impact it has on the people suffering it, at least both
343 Industries and The Coalition was doing its best to ensure its employees were safe.

Except it's not doing that.

It isn't even close to doing that. A recent report from
several sources overwise. During a close meeting session for the press conference where Matt,Bonnie and Rod discussion about Solitary Warfare "Cost" and "Overwork",corporate vice-president Matt Booty confirmed and told both head directors of each studios
that both teams (343 and Coalition) order to undergo long hours to working on the game for its eventual release date or maybe get delay to 2022? (We don't know confirm date yet).

In direct response to a answer from Matt himself about whether or not crunch would happen now, Booty said, "To some degree, yes – to be honest. We try to limit crunch as much as possible, but it is the final stage. We try to be reasonable in this regard,
but yes. Unfortunately." While not gleeful over the answer, that response is something Booty and 343 & TC should be ashamed of.

Crunch is an insanely common concept within the games industry. As deadlines loom ever closer and new problems start arising while finalizing code, developers are put into extreme situations where they'll need to work extreme extra hours at a time to finish
games. This would be criminal in any other industry but has become a normalized practice for various developers.

Now, the company is directly confirming that its employees are being pushed to the limits. I don't think I need to bring up any number of scientific reports that show how productivity decreases as employees are overworked. I also shouldn't need to link to
reports that analyze the psychological manipulation that goes into coercing employees to keep working against their will. Hell.

What I could do is use examples from some recent games that paint the picture clearer than charts ever will. Last year’s Mortal Kombat 11 came out to solid reviews but was shortly followed
by a wave of employees talking
about developer NetherRealm Studios' intense crunch periods. employees even told several game's reporters
about how they had developed PTSD and Anxiety after watching numerous graphic gore videos from sites and dark sites also for research on the game's brutal fatality finishers,make them felt burn out.

Also one of EA studios "BioWare's" Anthem released to a more mixed/negative response, but the crunch culture its studio endured was labeled as "BioWare
magic" by the company. There was also an extensive report came back about how development was constantly shifting and causing employees to have
to crunch to even release the title. It really is a wonder that the game was even functional considering how troubled its development was.

Does Xbox Games,343 and Coalition really want to maintain that persona of self-interest? Is making Solitary Warfare more important than the well-being of its employees? This horrible trend of expecting the impossible in the games industry really shouldn't
be a norm. Developers deserve to take time off and have proper development cycles so they don't have to constantly endure crunch just to ship some title for an uncaring public.

It doesn't help that these crunch periods usually result in half-finished way products. With patches also becoming a norm in the modern era, a lot of publishers are willing to let basic bugs slide since it has become easier to fix them post-release. Demand
the developers work their entire lives away and then force them to work even more to fix a game that could have been perfected before release day. That sounds entirely healthy and sustainable.

what was the point? Really, 343 Industries and/The Coalition developers should be completely embarrassed by the fact that it has to crunch to do extra works and overtime on development of Solitary Warfare.

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