Cyberpunk 2077 Crunch Has Begun

<p>Cyberpunk 2077 is only a month away at this point&period; Nearing its <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;cyberpunk-2077-delayed-again-releasing-in-november&sol;">November 19th release<&sol;a> rapidly&comma; it seems meeting the deadline is impossible without the much dreaded crunch&period; And after revealing that CD Project RED are <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bloomberg&period;com&sol;news&sol;articles&sol;2020-09-29&sol;cyberpunk-2077-publisher-orders-6-day-weeks-ahead-of-game-debut" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">enforcing mandatory crunch<&sol;a> on the game&comma; despite promises they wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t&comma; that has understandably upset a lot of fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Crunch is something that has become increasingly controversial lately&period; The amount of horror stories related to crunch are large&period; Burnout and high stress is a common factor in these&period; Especially in similar large development studios&comma; it seems unavoidable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There has also been revelations such as studio <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;making-video-games-is-not-a-dream-job&sol;">CEOs taking larger cuts<&sol;a>&period; And leaving workers not only on overtime but also underpaid&period; It has shown how unfair the industry can be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And it&&num;8217&semi;s therefore understandably disappointing to learn that CD Projekt RED have gone back on their promise to not force crunch&period; This isn&&num;8217&semi;t something people want&period; Several people on Twitter have responded that they would not mind another delay if it meant avoiding crunch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"U8qJc6znzZc" title&equals;"Cyberpunk 2077 — Seize the Day"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;U8qJc6znzZc"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;U8qJc6znzZc&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Cyberpunk 2077 — Seize the Day"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Promises Compensation<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Though those who worry that CD Projekt RED are using unfair crunch may be relieved&period; CD Projekt RED head Adam Badowski released <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;AdamBadowski&sol;status&sol;1311245204356304896&sol;photo&sol;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">the following statement<&sol;a> after the studio received some serious backlash&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;This is one of the hardest decisions I&&num;8217&semi;ve had to make&comma; but everyone is well compensated for every extra hour they put in&period; And&comma; like in recent years&comma; 10&percnt; of the annual profit our company generates in 2020 will be split evenly among the team&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>This is a silver lining on this big cloud that suddenly appeared in the skies over <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;cyberpunk-2077-night-city-wire-episode-3-summary&sol;">Night City<&sol;a>&period; And a lot of responses echo that compared to several other major studios&comma; the crunch time on Cyberpunk 2077 is nothing&period; And considering the game is right around the corner&comma; the amount of crunch is going to be fair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It seems for most major titles&comma; crunch is unavoidable&period; But it can be minimized&period; It might not be the best work environment that we hoped for&comma; but it is an improvement&period; Hopefully&comma; the industry will take notice and give workers better deals and less stress on future projects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;10135043&sol;cyberpunk-2077-nomad&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-large wp-image-161810" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;10135043&sol;cyberpunk-2077-nomad-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"cyberpunk 2077 nomad" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">UPDATE&colon; Polish Law Protects Workers<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>It is important to also remember that Polish law will ensure the workers are properly compensated for any overtime&period; Polish law also requires workers to be given proper rest if working Sundays&period; So it is unlikely CD Projekt RED could force its workers to work longer than the law allows&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Workers will be given 100&percnt; remuneration in addition to regular for working at night&comma; on Sundays or holidays&comma; and on days off work in exchange for work on a Sunday or holiday&period; So we probably shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t worry that CDPR is pushing their workers too far&period; They pretty much can&&num;8217&semi;t without breaking Polish law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think&quest; Would you wait longer if it meant no crunch&quest; Let us know in the comments&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bloomberg&period;com&sol;news&sol;articles&sol;2020-09-29&sol;cyberpunk-2077-publisher-orders-6-day-weeks-ahead-of-game-debut" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Bloomberg<&sol;a><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;