Booohoo people with different taste shouldn't exist and games should only be made to my taste.

More like 8-9 years because demon's souls didn't begin development the year it was released.

If that is how you interpreted it then that is how you interpreted it.

To be fair, that era for Naughty Dog sounded particularly grueling, cranking out top tier games on strict two year development cycles would certainly be brutal for any dev. Cycles are practically twice as long at that level now so hopefully the day to day load is a bit lighter.

At their salary? Sure! I'd rather have less money and more happiness in my life.

Extra employees are only part of the equation, most of the problem comes at the back end of the game cycle where the game is pretty much complete but needs to be brought up  to gold standard , the problem at this stage is not so much getting the game up to that standard but the fact that by that time all the printing and advertising is up and running and a sell by date is announced ,so time becomes the enemy and you need employees who know the game to finish it off , it is a real conundrum do you relax the time table and lengthen development time, with no guarentee that the extra costs in time and money will stop the crunch from happening.

I think a lot of AAA game producers and directors are like their film counterparts in that they work intensly on a title but are on very good packages with profit sharing and have the opportunity to then take down time and refresh before continuing on to a new project, to me it's those people on the lower end of the scale that need support.

I already feel tired working 40 hours a week. I can't even imagine how it would be working 80 hours a week. It's inhumane.

Dang, that just really sucks, It would be nice if devs could have regular work hours and have time to cool off and do other things. The way triple A companies are functioning now is unhealthy and just needs to stop.

Well you cant really make quality AAA game without real effort.

Yes that is how I interpret, basically because that is how you are portraying it. There are already games that doesn't emphasize graphics if you want to buy them, so you don't need to be complaining about games that do because other people value that.

Do you know their salary? And It isn't only Amy that do that time, there are people with lower salaries on the crunch. But if haven't 3 sons perhaps you aren't in an equivalent position to them to know how much do you need and the sacrifice to achieve that. And of course, it isn't because you think that it's enough for you others will find the same.