You are conflating way too many topics which you are falsely equating to this discussion. Everything from kids expecting 6 figure salaries to comparisons with jobs which require the huge sacrifices in family life in order for them to function (like military). Those are discussions you need to take elsewhere because it has nothing to do with CDPR mandating overtime for 6 weeks, so they can get a game out a month earlier or with fewer bugs.

I will focus on your last sentence because that is where the crux of discussion is. Where does it end?

Firstly this is what you sound like: "Lunch breaks? Next they'll be asking for holidays!"

Secondly if you pay attention to the discussion being had instead of defaulting to your general hump about what you believe of modern society, you would notice that the end goal is management being push to improve their operations and planning so crunch isn't necessary and developers only ever have to work overtime in short notice emergencies, and or voluntarily without fear of repercussions/job loss. 

Lastly, as I said earlier, if Developers didn't care then the topic would never pick up steam. However if you follow the online discourse, its clearly a topic of contention within the industry. Its ironic that most of the people I see arguing in defence of Crunch have no experience in games, and most that I see criticising it are people who actually work in the industry. Its one thing to sit back and feel like it doesn't seem like a big deal, its another to argue that if people don't like it they shouldn't dare complain and should just suck it up. That there is called being regressive, and that is what baffles me.

7-8 days PER PERSON. That's 1-2 months of overall extra work. In any area of work is common to hire more people for periods when there is more work to do. Or when there is a setback. There is no need for the company to exploit their employees like this. Unless they just want to launch the game no matter what, and saving as much money as they can off course.

No kidding.  The disconnect I feel sometimes is kind of amazing.  I've been working overtime every week for the last three months.  I know people who beg for overtime, who try to transfer into departments that give out the most overtime.  I don't think I've worked anywhere that didn't have some mandatory overtime to some degree.  Sometimes things just have to get done--and if they don't, it affects everyone. You don't just go, "oh, only the management has to worry about that," and think the consequences won't trickle down.  Then I come online and see people comparing a short period of overtime to slavery?  

And what I'm doing now is nothing compared to when I owned my own business.  But people think the the guys at indie studios aren't working their asses off?  Many of them are probably clocking more hours than anyone.

You guys obviously haven't worked in industries where overtime is expected due to deadlines or extreme demand. Saying that, its a bit shitty where they said the game was in a near complete state several months ago and no crunch, to a mandatory crunch.

Saying that, this is pretty normal for any AAA game.

Yeah i still find it absolutely normal that they have to do this for a short while, it is almost impossible to perfectly predict how much time is needed and how much people you need to hire. Hiring new people that close at launch is also pretty difficult and not practical when they mostly need some time to learn what they need to in that certain company.
If you had a leading position in any kind of logistic company you would probably understand,in this case i would even give props to the company for making a good effort to minimize crunch and paying overtime.

If it's common place among AAA games development means they can actually predict very well the workforce they need and estimate how much overtime their employees were going to make to finish the games 

Overtime for some teams are ok. Management errors mistakes, charging specifications, unpredictable risks or even plain lack of productivity can make some small teams need to do overtime. 

But make everyone under the project to have overtime? It's deliberate, I can't believe 100% of the dev's in 100% of studios and in 100% of AAA projects can't meet deadline efficiently 

Overtime and crunch are to be expected when you work with projects and are closing in on a deadline. That's just part of the job. Even well managed projects can lead to short periods of overtime. But lots of overtime and long and frequent periods of crunch is a sign of poor management and planning, and such working conditions should be frowned upon.

Who are you to judge what other people do with their time?  Your assumptions seem to just be your own narrow view applied to everyone else.  People's reasons are their own and as different as the people themselves.  

My father was a workaholic who climbed into a log truck when he got off his job at the mill because that was his hobby.  A supervisor I know takes all the overtime he can get because he's recently divorced and would rather be around coworkers than sitting in his apartment.  One of my friends works overtime because she's a single mother with three kids.  Another lady I know sleeps like 4 hours a night and always comes in a couple of hours early despite making plenty of money.  My sister's husband works all the overtime he can get because they spend a lot of money buying new stuff and going on trips--it's what they like to do.

I doubt they much care about what "seems crazy" to you.

Why I have the impression you didn't mention a single healthy (in both socioeconomic and biological aspects) person? Except maybe your sister's husband 

Working too much is hardly sustainable. There is a reason why more developed countries stabilished laws limiting the amount of working hours weekly/monthly to their citizens 

Sure, you can judge people you don't know anything about and make things up to fit your preconceptions but nobody really gives a fuck.  

I don't know why you have that impression when you know nothing about those people.  Because my father liked driving a truck instead of watching TV or playing video games, you think you know all about him?  That's pure ignorance.  People are different.