“Grand Theft Auto 6 will make billions, that’s not in doubt. Shareholders will get rich, fortunes will be made. But I want people to think of the human cost. The people burnt out, the careers ended, the lives in disarray.”
He also described one case involving a colleague who was fired while on paternity leave. “One of our friends in particular had plans that didn’t involve being unceremoniously fired while on paternity leave, just 9 days after the birth of her second child. This is the human cost of this decision, the human cost that wouldn’t have been considered when it was brazenly and recklessly made, because it wasn’t a quantifiable number on a spreadsheet.”
Former Rockstar Games devs spoke publicly at a protest outside the company’s studio, accusing the company of unfair dismissals and harmful working conditions.
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