Indeed.

Every accusation should be taken seriously but so should the investigation into that accusation, trial by twitter is not the way. It's a serious accusation and the person should be going to the police and not just saying it on twitter.

Hopefully the truth (whatever that is) comes out and it's sorted. If he is lying then we certainly shouldnt just move on because all that does is damage real cases of harassment. If they are lying they should be sent to jail, and if they are telling the truth then obviously whatever the details should be dealt with by the police/court.

Nope not at all, well not in the UK anyway. I've heard stories that it used to happen in the UK perhaps 20 years ago, but these days, what with employment laws etc. I've seen people do crazy 7 day weeks, 12 hour+ days, but not sleeping at the desk. Some people are crazy and actually enjoy doing the hours and stay way longer than everyone else, thats more of a problem with that individual than the company.

ND released a statement, acting oblivious of course.

Real fucking shitty of them and Sony if true.

What the fuck is this shit? Like seriously?

I've never slept at my desk, but worked through the night on several occasions. I was reliant on public transport, after the last bus the only option was to keep working until the first bus to go home for a shower and breakfast and head back to work again. Then go home very tired at 6pm, straight to bed.

Sure I was never forced to do crazy hours, yet when there is a deadline to be met that can make or break a project, you don't want all your work to go to waste. So sure, blame it on the individual. Do you think developers enjoy shipping their product in a broken state. Employment laws don't work unless you enforce them. Unpaid overtime was the norm where I worked. There were other compensation bonusses as not to report the overtime.

That wasn't in the games industry btw, I imagine their the pressure is a lot worse as a simple delay leads to an immediate outcry from fans, and any shortcuts will be called out on and highlighted all over the internet. Your job very much relies on the state and speed you ship your work in, whether your boss tells you to do overtime or not.

I can't believe this. Are you honestly ignoring what I said and on top of that using a straw man argument?

I said IF. You and I don't know anything. All we know is what the victim has said, I was only expanding on that. The victim in this case himself talked about a level of toxicity and harrasment. If true, how can that not be an issue that affects the whole company? I'm not even talking about Sony, because if that were true, then hell yes that's the whole company being guilty since it is company policy/culture. I'm not even singling them out, it happens at a lot of Japanese companies, probably Nintendo as well.

Not to mention I feel like any business that fires someone or pays them hush money or something in regards to a claim woudl delete all that evidence.

Why in the world would Naughty Dog keep evidence showing that somoene came to their HR department complainign about Sexual assault and their response it to fire them. That is just too stupid. 

men and women both get harassed sexually and mentally in a lot of companies.this happened to couple of my friends.my girlfriend even sexually harassed by her project manager and when she filed a complain in HR department they said that it was a test.i mean wtf.she quit her job at that moment.a lot of times these complain don't even reach to the higher authorities of the company.if a women getting sexually harassed by a senior lead they she should directly talk to the higher authorities of the company or tell the police.don't ever go to the HR.they are the main culprit of these things.

That's a bit odd. The point of HR is to keep the company from being sued. Firing someone the next day after they file a complaint is asking for legal action. It sounds like there are more details to this.

But you are making the assumption that there was a complaint. This is the problem, all we've got really is one guy saying abc happened and sony saying no evidence of this happening. Way too many people jumping to conclusions from nothing.