Comments on: Oh, OK, so … *another* reason Age of Conan failed… http://t-machine.org/index.php/2008/12/16/oh-ok-so-another-reason-age-of-conan-failed/ Internet Gaming, Computer Games, Technology, MMO, and Web 2.0 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Vaxhacker http://t-machine.org/index.php/2008/12/16/oh-ok-so-another-reason-age-of-conan-failed/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 Vaxhacker Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:33:54 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=315#comment-2351 "The beatings shall continue until morale improves." But in all honesty, look at it from management's perspective: if they ship a game on time and/or on budget, that looks great for the company, not to mention their own personal resume. Even if the game sucks, because after all, that's the fault of the development team... And before you ask, yes, the previous paragraph is chock full of bitter game developer sarcasm (or is that called "experience"?). Sadly, it is likely to be gospel to the incompetent "leaders" cracking the whip. “The beatings shall continue until morale improves.”

But in all honesty, look at it from management’s perspective: if they ship a game on time and/or on budget, that looks great for the company, not to mention their own personal resume. Even if the game sucks, because after all, that’s the fault of the development team…

And before you ask, yes, the previous paragraph is chock full of bitter game developer sarcasm (or is that called “experience”?). Sadly, it is likely to be gospel to the incompetent “leaders” cracking the whip.

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