flagship on 02 April 2008
Deadlines are a big part of it, Knights of the Old Republic 2 is a great example of this. The game while decent has a notoriously pathetic plot hole filled ending simply because it was rushed to market for the holiday season.
In other cases like Heavenly Sword developers dump all their money into cinematics and the end result is a short, reasonably repetitive game with amazing cutscenes.
