Why Rockstar employees are worried
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2024
- Last month, Rockstar Games sent a mail to all its employees, demanding everyone return to the office full-time as they enter the final stages of development on GTA 6. This raised many questions among employees, with worries that crunch time will return and whether this could hurt the development of GTA 6.
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Bro casually went from dropping top tier funny GTA vids to top tier R* documentaries and thought we wouldn't notice. Keep up the amazing work my guy
Exactly!
9 minute documentary?
@@Magst3r1 yes
What are you even talking about
This mf is a SpongeBob episode ☠️
R* doesn't tell their fans anything and of course the employees are kept in the dark as well 💀
I don’t think anyone get the point of that emoji
@@yakovvidberg7035true 💀
@@yakovvidberg7035 Very upsetting.
Exactly. I remember an interview with Ned Luke (Michael) discussing how he wasn't even told when the trailer would drop and how he found out because his son recognized his voice and got a hold of him.
Why would R* tell the fans anything that would paint them in a negative light?
Bro this channel used to be a goofy channel that made goofy and short GTA V Online videos. Now he is talking about serious stuff. But thankfully I love both content.
Edit: Thank you all so much for 918 likes! I never got this many likes in any of my comments so thank you so much!
Bro stole my bird
(Your pfp looks like my bird)
@@Blaze36312bro rlly stole ur bird tf
@@Blaze36312 ''you stole my bird'' 💀💀
Wtf bro! You stole his bird!!!
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Crazy how MMI went from making memes about rockstar games to making documentaries about them.
(Edit): it’s my first time getting half a thousands likes on comment!
I think we already got it. It's the 100th comment about that topic that I've read.
He got 600k+ subscribers ofc he have to up the bar
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I don’t know where these documentaries came from, but I’m loving them lol 😭
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Rockstars reasons for returning its employees to the office are pretty obviously because of the one guy who leaked shit to his family on accident. I can already imagine the workplace discussion:
“Now, we have suffered some security breaches recently. Now I don’t want to point any fingers, ‘glares at Dave’ but we need to keep our work here, away from our sons-i mean, from the public view…”
You don't leak stuff 'on accident'.
Free the homie Dave
@@garyfreeman896 you do when someone else accesses files on your home computer without your knowledge
@@Syntex366 That's stolen not leaked. Theft is rarely and accident.
@@garyfreeman896 you don’t seem to understand what a leak is…
i dont see how toning down the humor and sensitive content of the games is gonna help the employees. seems like a bandaid fix to avoid actually treating the employees better
True
they are being woke to be inclusive, so how are we supposed to enjoy a GTA that is toned down and not a madhouse? TBH it will ruin the humour and dialog of the characters. Imagine Trevor or Niko being toned down, you will get pussy
New gender bender generation, if anyone thinks the same passion and culture will go into Gta 6 you are mistaken. The guys who made Rockstar grew up in the 70s and 80s, the new guys probably put BLM pfp's during the 2020s, huge difference
gta 5 is the last gta in spirit. gta 6 will be a huuuge letdown.
@@royale7620 seriously, this generation is doomed by making a binary choice into a spectrum 💩. If you are offended even by a game then how are others going to live? They will get offended by anything a based person says so I hope that it’s not toned down that much that no IA++++ community or pseudo feminist gets offended. Imagine a black character like CJ or big smoke can’t say the N word just because a white feminist got offended in 2000s.
A boys club it was. Yet RDR2, GTA IV, GTA SA and Bully are some of the best games ever made.
Exactly. Not sure I hold out much hope for GTA 6
@@Chris_Crosssame after hearing some of this these games where great because of there ridiculous risqué humor not because I could take moral lessons from them, im worried for 6
@@andrewcorey9882 Yeah, the social commentary was one of the best parts of the entire Grand Theft Auto Series. While I’m sure some of it will remain intact, I think the story and gameplay are gonna end up being the reasons I play, not the South Park esque humor.
"Boys club" is a dog whistle used by those who spend more time emailing HR than doing their actual job. "Frat boy culture" is another one of those dog whistles. Basically what we're dealing with are a younger generation who believe they shouldn't have to get out of the PJ's and to go to work.
Expect this _kinder culture_ to transfer to VI. RIP Satire.
@@jerk_store I’m not gonna sit here and act like the games weren’t liberal as hell (or that I’m not) but this is definitely appealing to a more… let’s just say sensitive style of working and designing that is just fucking stupid. Obviously the guys who made GTA go to strip clubs to reward themselves.
This is why we should not curse at R* for delaying their games and updates, we are essentually just shaming the hard working employees
Exactly bro. Everyone should understand that companies aren't some mighty titans that want to screw you over, they're groups of people doing theirs jobs, some as best as they can, some - not so much. So blame them, not everyone
@@FtwRoninCope.
@@FtwRonin development for the changed/delayed dlc you speak of started before they were doing remote work. Also they said productivity in general, never specified which project so it could've been entirely focused on gta 6. Something tells me you've never had a real job, much less one even somewhat close to software or game development.
@@FtwRonin👈 "The worker has fallen in love with the system that exploits them!" 🤡
@@FtwRoninvirgin looser
They will be like "they are going to crunch us again"
We've been waiting for 10 years for this game, if they ruin it, all the hate is well deserved, i understand how hard is to make an game, but this ain't an Indie company, this isn't an Indie game, where they devs have to focus on a new gameplay instead of make everything looking beautiful, this is Rockstar Games, this is GTA 6, they have plenty money to make this the greatest open world game of the decade, they can pick the combat elements from Max Payne 3, the physics from GTA 4, the Graphics and Atmosphere from Red Dead Redemption 2, and make an awsome game, and if it work, they can make an online mode, that starts like GTA 5 Online did, an awsome and fun game mode, but without bet on micro-transactions like they did on GTA 5 Online. Rockstar better not fail on their product, because they will be disappointing a looooot of people that love their games.
@@christinesulyvahn6043 ummmm does this have any relation with the thing i just said?
@@askeleton8228 Yes it does, if you don't know how to read there's nothing i can do to help
it genuinely has nothing to do with what he said idk what you took from the original comment @@christinesulyvahn6043
@@christinesulyvahn6043 dude you say that rockstar can abuse the hell out of their employes just to do the "Perfect" game? They are humans too they have families they feel they breath they think like you and me, everything is about the abuse to developers
It’s terrible that the company was like this but at the same time ,that “boys club” gave us some true classics in gaming, I hope this “real company” can do the same thing
It’s not lol. You’re about to play some weird feminist power fantasy crime simulator, with a hypermasculine woman taking on the patriarchy.
Yeah this "boys club" made some of the most iconic games in gaming history but no no lets change it and lets do what every other failed franchise did. Gta6 is probably going to be a let down.
agreed
I don't understand why they used the term "boys club" to refer to your usual corpo malpractice tbh.
@@abde4645"boys club" were the ones responsible toxic environment and bad work culture there. Just read the recent insidergaming article about ubisoft's x defiant thing. The boys club were the ones who were some of the brain dead decisions that happened during that the employees had to clean up. There's reason that employees hate "boys club" who were responsible for toxic work environment & harassing employees etc.
Because of "from boy’s club to a company" we don’t have bully 2
and will have a flop in GTA6!! watch!!!
“Brawling, drinking and going to stripclubs” ahh thats why the games are so fun to play
Yep they will butcher the missions and especially the story
Boys club were the ones who were responsible toxic environment at the company. Boys club isn't what you think it is. Boys club go to strip clubs etc and do some non sense decisions that lead to devs cleaning up the boys club mess.
@@Gonzo3313 keep crying it wont fail rdr2 is also when R* became a real company and its a masterpiece
The obvious satire mixed with dark and edgy humor are what made Rockstar what they were, it fits the name of the company pretty well, you could make work conditions better, but removing the "boys club" part of making actually funny jokes and on-point satire? Why not change the company name already, you're not Rockstars anymore.
I thought the same thing..
Gta6 will be woke
Unpopular opinion:
-> Coding in your free time without any pressure is awesome and sometimes even can feel as magic.
-> Coding for a company SUCKS most of the time for several reasons, some of them are summed up in the video.
Well you didn't made any money without applying for company. That's why they applying for a job in the company. Money.
That's the differences
And even those Made money in their free time, need a company who need their work.
@@Jar3xe Popular Opinion: Coding in your free time never gets anybody to GTA or RDR2 like game, lol. But we have a lot of examples, when we have bad games, when people are free to code at home
@@niksobil It's never was Opinion tbh, you might need a deggre and a mental power of emotionlees person to work on Rockstar.
I mean coding is very varied, it's not only on a game development, and bad game isn't entirely fault to coding issues, it's much complex mote actually.
@@Jar3xe all we can see, that somehow Rockstar employed snowflakes that either must quit and stop complaining or start working. Without crunches there is no Rockstar Quality
"Spider man: Coming home"
"Spider man: no way home"
"Spider man: developed from home"
Bro the intro at 0:47 is one of the best RUclipsr intros I've ever seen.
lmao kawaqii im sub
I work at Rockstar and I can assure you - some people (coworkers) take the job without fully realizing what goes into making a timeless piece of art. The ones complaining about returning to the office are the same types who have actively petitioned to remove all "controversial" or "edgy" humor from the game. It sucks, but its where all studios are heading these days. Absolute snowflakes, the lot of em
Cutting down on FUN cause people are upset is the move from cowards and people living in Fear. But forced to work from office while everything already works fine enough from home, is nothing but a As*ho*e move.
Trash - management who made that decisions can be fired immediately.
2:13 Speaking from experience as a 3D artist at _other_ companies for the past 9 years of my life, this is very true. Some departments might be pulling 40-80 hour work weeks+weekends while others do their 40 and go home. I once worked a job where the art department worked normal hours, but the software department was so far behind that for 2 months straight they worked Saturdays and Sundays + weekday overtime.
There is HUGE sink-or-swim culture mindset in this industry. At Full Sail University they hammered this home with such an uncanny schedule. One month your classes are 9am to 5pm, the next month it's split where lab time is 4am-8am, and lecture is 1pm - 4pm. If my high school sleeping habits didn't destroy my circadian rhythm, college absolutely did.
Year 5 of working at my last job was what finally broke me and made me stoic as a stone. I had a 2 year contract and needed 10 people at minimum to get us to our end proposal date on time, but management gave me 3 bodies and instructed me to just re-scope the backlog every sprint (sprints were 3 weeks instead of the traditional 2 at this particular place). It took me 4 months working with the software and systems departments to build the initial backlog before our start date. Staff never came, and every 3 weeks I'd have to take 8 days more or less to re-balance the entire project's backlog. If I had staffing we could have been done in a year and 2 months. We ended up taking the full 2 year window and I finally got my staffing when we were 3/4ths done with the art assets.
It still came out to be an awesome project, but I didn't want to do anything after we delivered it... which some diety must have heard me because the company could _not_ find any new work for us, and laid everyone off. Last I heard the company went from a staffing of 187 to just 16. My company stocks weren't too great either. Almost a decade of loyalty and I have a whole 40 dollars to my retirement plan because they didn't offer 401k matching. Pro tip, don't work for a company that pushes ESOPs unless they're already a fortune 500 company.
I have intentionally been staying out of the industry for 11 months now, just taking freelance illustration jobs wherever I can nab 'em. It has its own basket of stress and the pay isn't that great, but being able to sleep whenever, eat whenever, and decide what jobs you take is a fat breath of fresh air. The best part though is I can post *everything* I work on without being under a bloody NDA. The work hours were bad enough, but not having anything to show for 9 years of effort spiritually hurts. All 3 jobs had NDAs; the first two never shipped their games, and the third company was milsim. 9 years of backlog ranging from post apocalyptic sand dune merchant trucks, to hydraulically operated aircraft arrestor systems, and I can't show any of it.
I'll get back into the industry sometime this year. I need to secure a house loan, and freelance isn't credible enough.
Man I really feel you there, I keep telling myself one day these dog days will be over.
jesus christ bro im high as fuck and after reading all that i feel like i know you personally now.. you should become a writer lol
@@lostnaut-po8pg I'm already balls-deep in being an illustrator, hard surface modeler, animator, and a farm mechanic. I can't afford time-wise to take on any more hobbies without starting cocaine. lol
@@FurryWrecker911 haha well judging from the way you speak, no matter what you do you're an artist. i respect u bro
I saw so many people call employees entitled for working from home, my friend only had time with his family because he worked from home
Yeah, it is very dehumanizing. People like that really don't consider that employee wellbeing creates the masterpieces they enjoy. They're not asking for 1-hour work weeks, they just want a comfortable, affordable work environment. Some people work better in the office and can afford the commute, some don't and can't. Simple as.
Then find another job. He should be happy he even has a job!!!!!!!!!
@@Gonzo3313 Such a ignorant thing to say, have you ever had a job? Searching for another job is incredibly hard, we don't know what's happening with said person in their personal life, it costs $0 to not say anything
@@Gonzo3313 Judging by your recent comments, it's pointless to actually argue with you, jesus
@@Gonzo3313
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The way mors mutual evolved with content is truly a thing of beauty. The editing is so satisfying, the calm voice, and it’s all informative. I had to watch from my TV. I could watch these little documentaries for days.
These long term 'serious' videos I love!
I hope they still keep in the edgy jokes. I think in a virtual world, comedy should make fun of every one of us. Remember the Saint's Row reboot?
Also, as a Blue Collar employee myself, these crunch time hours are lightweight in comparison to our crunch time we work lol
idk what people these days consider edgy but theres a difference between edgy and using slurs as example i recently playing gta vice city stories and the most i've seen is a bunch of hilly billy confederates say " how high can you jump boy " to a black character , I don't recal a moment from old games where a character is straight up throwing slurs besides calling someone a fag, other than that throwing slurs wouldn't be considered funny humor either theres better ways to make the same humor and making it implicit like they done in the past
I find mental exhaustion to be worse than physical exhaustion. There are many days where I actually miss physical labor. The hard part about their crunch time is that they are expected to be creative and find solutions to problems. Mentally, you cannot complete these tasks no matter how much time you throw at the problem, whereas with physical labor you can just hire more bodies to complete the work.
only about groups of people that are allowed to receive "offensive" jokes.
which are probabaly white men.
Everything else will be turned down or removed. No jokes about women, no jokes about people of color and no jokes about LGBTQ people.
they removed those things in the past and in the new game it will get a lot worse.
I fear they're going to take a "safe edgy" route and perhaps even a refusal to punch down at all. Of course we haven't seen anything yet, but from all the little changes R* made to GTAV over the years as well as some concerning quotes, I can't really say I have a lot of faith in New Rockstar.
Bad dude. These are standard ass weeks for me. They need to stop looking and get these games out or fk off and work for ubisoft
Love to see long vids from you
I watched a video about a month ago when the email was still very new, essentially the video was discussing how it's a legal loophole that many videogame companies instill. During crunchtime to get a game or console out, many videogame companies will hire hundreds of new talent to aid wrapping up projects, and when they near the completion they pull a fast one on these employees, telling them they aren't allowed to work from home anymore or something of the like, forcing many of these new talents out of the company. If they aren't able to come back in, they will be put off indefinitely, which makes them quit which means Rockstar doesn't have to pay any severance packages, AND the bonus of sweeping them under the rug because they have a policy that goes "regardless of how many hours you've worked on a game, if you do not work at Rockstar when it releases you will NOT be included in the credits". Yes that is a real policy at Rockstar, basically it's a way to silence these people and pretend like they had no part in Rockstar at all. They've done stuff similar to this in the past, but this is the most public and worst offender of the situation. It's all one giant sham to trick new employees into helping, then forcing them to quit so Rockstar pays no severance and not including them in credits to make sure they aren't noticed. Disgusting actions, seriously.
Never heard this take. Do you remember the video?
@@b0ssdude190 pretty sure its jetro's "rockstar games is worse than you thought"
the way you edit these documentaries is crazy keep it up
Outstanding work. We’re impressed and grateful.
I would like to thank every single person in Rockstar who create truly amazing worlds for us to get lost in….thank you for all the hard work and talent you bring……your incredible
yeah the best words for someone who will now work 80 hours / week and not see his kids. Good thing he has u now.
No, we are incredible for letting them do this and the workers are incredible, not the company f- the company never
3:40 is the most important part to us online guys. Ugh. Still stings today. I played cops and crooks on 4 once I realized how great it was. Early on too.
True. Crazy that in game that promotes drugs, drinking, gambling, prostitution and murder, playing as a cop is too controversial
Rockstar have become the very company that they so openly mocked 20 years ago.
@@nickryan4975 they did. We allowed it as a fan base. We pre-order all the games. We buy the merchandise for the games from the site. ...
that intro scene gave me goosebumps
great video as always! :)
These documentary style videos are incredible dude
Project security? Bruh isn't the previous leak caused by the son of the management?
Thanks for all
I really appreciate the epic editing! Thanks for this video
I'm absolutely loving these videos, they are so professional and goes straight to the point without any tomfoolery lol, it's amazing keep it up!!!
Did they just accidentally tell us that the full GTA VI map will essentially be DLC, and not available before then?
I’m no optimist but I feel like it’s not actually as bad as you describe. Think of the same situation with something like the heists. Announcing it will happen just at a later date is not necessarily bad.
Finally a youtube documentary thats not generic af and actually has not amateur editing
Back in the 2000's Dan Houser, Terry Donovan and 2 others would often scream at each and throw things across the room when there was a communication error. When RDR2 was in development they brought in a guy who was compared to Darth Vader. He would be there to speed up production of the game and to make it so that everyone looked busy for when the Houser brothers would visit that office. He to would often scream and throw thing across the room. Upper management also up up Merryweather signs that would motive the workers to worker harder/faster. Toxic workplace culture indeed.
Source: trust me bro
I swear I remember reading somewhere online a long time ago that shit had got so bad in the office at one point that one of the managers had to bring in some shaman type to sage the office? I can’t find that shit anywhere on the internet anymore. But I definitely believe it.
But the game is the best ever made and GTA5 has made more money than entire countries!!!!!!!!!the proof is in the pudding. With all these crybabys GA6 will be a flop. eggs have to be broken, and lines gotta be crossed to make brilliant things. NO PAIN..NO GAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
source: my ass crack
@@Gonzo3313That's what I'm always saying! I mean.. they're called "Rockstar Games"..
If they stop being a
"boys club" or stop the supposed strip club incursions..
(which if real is awesome.)
then will they even be "Rockstar Games" anymore..?
Really awesome video Mors Mutual, presentation, editing and narration are top notch!
I love how Rockstar employees complain about returning to the office after GTA VI suffered the biggest leaks in gaming history and became the game with the longest development time in the company's history
True but GTA 4 had a weird Development Timeline as Most Devs Got Separated into Batches of works to complete Ballad of the Gay Tony And Lost Of The Damned.
Rockstar Also wanted to make a san andreas story but it was scrapped due to most of the voice actors from San Andreas weren’t coming back as most quit during the San Andreas time line…
Rockstar also had Midnight Club Los Angeles In Development aswell which pushed Rockstar San Diego , Tokyo and London to work on midnight club leaving everybody else to work on GTA 4 and then Red Dead Within that same time frame.
To put it light Rockstar wasn’t just developing GTA 4, they were jumping back and forward within 3-4 projects on top of Undead Nightmare.
Then Max Payne 3 & GTA 5 were pushed into development.
@@rayojordan2838 Yes! But you must realize that back then, the frequency of game releases was MUCH higher than it is nowadays. The only truly next-gen game we got from Rockstar was RDR 2 (which is worth 10 good games on its own), but you have to notice that the entire Rockstar seems to be focused on a single project (GTA VI), and even then, many key people are leaving the studio stating that "There's no progress being made in development."
The situation worsens even more when we remember the company's actions in recent years: Creation of GTA+, endless re-releases of GTA V, the disaster of GTA The Trilogy Definitive Edition...
Why should they care? They're workers, not CEO's.
no pain, no gain
Gain for take 2
gain for the gamers!!! whatever R* did to make RDR2...KEEP doing it!!!! The gamers reap the rewards!!! unless you want to wait another 15 years for GTA6!!?????@@ideapadgamingtests3446
@ideapadgamingtests3446 yea it's not like employees get paid 😐
@@shalindelta7 yea you're definitely anti union
Gosh! Keep going man. These videos are so good.
Love this new content (and your short vids). Shame it was only ten mins, could have watched this for hours.
In all fairness, we are in a time where AAA studios have pumped out garbage game on top of garbage game GTA 6 is going to either make or break rockstar. Im positive Rockstar sees this and wants to make sure the game they have been working on for over 8 years is going to be perfect and getting closer and closer to launch day Rockstar needs all hands on deck for the polishing phase.
Edit:
Not to mention that trailer leak costed them millions. so I can deff see security being a big factor here.
Right. The evidence is clear. Security is a big concern. One of these leaks came from somebody child's who had access to the employee's computer, as an example. Many other things could happen. Mentioning that "productivity hasn't decreased since working from home" is bogus. Comparing the time it takes to make terrible, unfinished and unpolished games to what games used to be (meaning the same time to make good, finished and polished games) isn't exactly the best metric to use. Sure "productivity" remained the same, both games released in the same time frame, but one product clearly got more work into it than the other.
the only reason certain games are garbage/ mid nowadays is because there are no boundaries being pushed anymore. All it is now is pretty graphics/ textures with a sub-par to not good story with a lot of certain inclusiveness by lgbtq ect and okay at best, mechanics. Spiderman web of shadows did everything spider man 2 did better years ago. I have fear Rockstar will tone down the humour as a safe way to say "we don't wanna be punished by game journalism" because of the normalisation that mediocrity is okay (by certain companies) and to avoid being cancelled for not having enough representation.
im fine with inclusiveness as long as its not a deterrent to what made these games good.
Trailer leak cost them millions how exactly? Not trying to be rude, genuinely asking.
@@Caffeinated-DaVinciwho knows. It's probably something shareholder related which usually have god complexes on their own.
MMI make things
as someone who lives far away from the rockstar office and works from home i probably could still travel to the office by train then taxi, i know that’s expensive but if it’s needed then it could be done.
The content evolved for sure , nice work bro.
This surprised me that it was even news considering the security risks involved in a project worth as much money as this. I can understand people that applied for a remote position and then being told to come into the office when they may live far away and signed a contract for an exclusively remote position though, but I think these positions should not have been overly important positions in this case if they were to be offered remotely.
Something of this magnitude should have been exclusively office based worked the entire project if the position dealt whatsoever with game assets/testing or anything that would be damaging if leaked.
As far as those that didn’t like the culture; I’ve worked for several companies with horrible culture just like described here. I didn’t like it, so I quit and moved on. Considering how successful the previous GTAs and RDRs have been, clearly the way they worked worked for some people, and produced quality games, and that one thing we’ve always loved about GTA is them not pulling punches, so the best thing for the project and the fans would be to just stay the way they were, and anybody who doesn’t like it leaves, it sounds like some employees do accept the reality of working at Rockstar, and they would find hundreds of developers that feel the same way to replace those that don’t like it, who could move on to companies that align with their personal values and how they prefer to spend their lives.
‘A culture of drinking, brawling, and going to strip clubs’
You mean like how all their games are? 😂
this is not allowed anymore in our new "woke" world.
@@SatoriAutomotiveno he meant workers are obliged to spend time with their coworkers after work.
This often happens in Japan .
Not really. You can spend 5 hours peacefully traversing GTA IV or V for instance, also RDR and RDR2, and can even not get hurt. It's only when you INTERACT with the world in a certain way that it gives it right back to you...
your content is criminally underrated you do amazing work for this community
im so inspired by your editing,
im gonna learn it
you cooked man keep it up with your team
This could be one of the biggest blessings in disguise if a game developer’s union comes out of this.
Fuck the unions. Damn near EVERY studio in gaming has been ruined by unions and woke losers.
Fuck unions
Bro this is top tier quality content, keep going my dude
Good evolution on the channel. ❤
Contrary to popular belive, productivity actualy goes down when a company tightens deadlines and coherses employees to work more hours.
Overworking leads to employees missing out on social events outside of work, sleeping less and, for people suffering from mental health issues, weakens mental health further.
This in turn causes those employees to be drained of willpower and make mistakes which take way more time to fix later on then the extra work hours could possibly compensate.
Plenty of studys demonstrate that a 4 day work week would actualy increase productivity.
You may ask why we don't do this already and the answere is that there is a fundamental disconnect between company owners and managers and the workers under their controll. These monarchs and their henchmen have no incentive to care for their workers and every incentive to extract wealth from them.
Corporations have never, do not, and never will view (nor pay) workers as humans. So any attempt at reasoning is futile. Only if they are force-regulated (UNIONS CANNOT DO THIS, only tightly-enforced state regulations and agents) will they give the common courtesy of 4-5 day workweeks and 30-35 hours max. If left to their own devices, they automatically go up 6-7 days a week and 10-12+ hours a day. They are soul-crushing meat grinders by design.
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Its because of the stress opression and a rollercoaster lifestyle that makes these employees bring emotion to the game, most game companys are too simple everyday, people need challenges to overcome.
I’m convinced GTA6 will be a letdown
Agreed. GTA5 my second fav game next to RDR2 so I’m a big R* fan. However, I’m pretty sure sweet baby-esque meddling is going to ruin what made it.. it.
@@notthatkindofsam exactly, the game is too huge for it to ignored by them. They’ll cram it with their message.
This type of video rocks hard, keep doing it!
I'm sorry but the best games they made came out during the era where they used to brawl and go to strip clubs. This woke management may be the death of Rockstar.
we’ll see.
Sweet baby inc, hello?
Rockstar employees fighting to be treated better is not causing "the death of Rockstar". The quote from the video everyone seems to be mixing up as being literal - that "people aren't allowed to enjoy these things" - wasn't. It was meant to illustrate how reliant Rockstar employees were being crunched half-to-death were on unhealthy coping mechanisms, with more emphasis on the developing alcoholism and brawling. While people were surely having parties and sharing mutual tough love, it more means people becoming substance-addicted, becoming mentally and emotionally fractured, and getting into fights they otherwise would not have. ...Going to strip clubs is fine if you really want to get your rocks off that badly.
Relatedly, based on what other studios mean (and indeed, explain that they mean) when they say their work environment either was or is like a frat house, like Bungie for instance, isn't that it's a fun, casual place, but rather, an incredibly caustic atmosphere full of passive-aggression, posturing, and even bullying, often manifesting as sexism, racism, and other forms of prejudice. All the bosses are buddybros with eachother, at the blithe (or sometimes outright malicious!) expense of everyone below them.
While treating employees better as individuals, on top of not crunching them in half as workers, is obviously the morally right thing to do, it's also the best thing to do from a pragmatic viewpoint as well. In a post-pandemic 2020's the speculative bubble around video games as an industry has burst, or at least, largely deflated; they no longer get an incredible, even disproportionate, amount of funding at the AAA level from investors and stacked CEO's who are willing to eat the financial loss of doing so, even if the game sells extremely well, because they believe video games will be a much larger, more valuable "thing" in the future. We're at that point now, or at least close enough to spook these people; video games are no longer growing at an exponential rate that shows a huge future. They're "just" a mainstay of culture now.
The game plan of the 2010's and late 2000's of racing to make games that are bigger and bolder and push the format and hardware further and further is no longer feasible, because even the AAA market is at its pleteau. This topic even comes up briefly in this video, where it's mentioned GTA VI was downsized from taking place across a recreation of most of *two continents* to the size of just one main city with surrounding towns, like the already-relatively-gargantuan GTA V, because making something that big without either taking so long to come out that people forget about it and don't buy it on release, or require an incredible number of people working under literal sweatshop conditions that these corporations can't get away with creating. Games can't just keep getting bigger anymore, because they've gotten as big as they can realistically become.
Therefore, at this point, grinding employees into the dust to produce bigger and bigger mega-games isn't only unethical, it's outright wasteful; as shown with games that try to go above and beyond this line anyways, it will result in a rushed, lopsided, often bloated, just *bad* experience all around. Heck, lots of games pushing the envelope even *before* we got to this point had this problem; Skyrim comes to mind instantly, since even if you argue that the game downsized its historical RPG half to instead grow and develop its open-world exploration half for wider appeal, it's still ultimately a game that's outright incomplete and unpolished in so many other areas otherwise in ways that become increasingly hard to overlook with time. I can say with confidence after seeing and studying so much about the video games industry that if companies keep feeding their employees to the meat grinder so they can make a bigger and bigger burger patty, that patty will just end up like Skyrim, launch Cyberpunk 2077, Starfield, and more.
Also, I will say this, purely and entirely for your sake: I mean this with no sarcasm or malice or passive-aggression, not to get one over on you or nag you or anything like that - I promise - please do not say "woke" like this in a serious and demeaning context. At this point in culture, "woke" is no longer a dangerous-sounding buzzword one can aim at progressive arguments. If you use "woke" in this way while trying to argue a point, even in relative passing like this, it paints an enormous target on your face and will get you viciously laughed out by the people and their points you're trying to refute. Even as a random fellow RUclips commentor that is a stranger to me and will probably not read the paragraphs in my previous comment, I wouldn't want that for someone because that also stifles conversation.
@@tamarindo709 Take Two is ESG'ed to hell so of course they are up their eyeballs in DEI. RIP Rockstar
Damn, high quality and informative. I currently work in a AAA studio and we just formed the biggest union in the videogame industry. Crunch is hella real and has long lasting effects even after it is over. Collective action through unionization is the only way forward for a sustainable industry. Really appreciate the work ya do. Psyched for GTA6 too!
Yeah, the world is more divided than ever, and now ppl are finally starting to understand why that is a bad thing lol.
Good luck at the job btw 🤞
unions dont work
ill be honest, while the crunch can suck its a requirement for an industry like yours. In most industries you can just keep churning out new products within months. In the game industry it takes years to make a single new product, so making sure the product gets out on time is a must.
@@MuffTuglick "On time"... Tell me exactly who dictates how a game is on time to be released (or not), what they gain from it and what consequences it leaves for the devs and us? You'll quickly see the whole picture.
@@diewott1337the workers are lol
The gta documentary’s are top tier! Great work!
This is going on in every workforce.
Yea these are a bunch of snowflakes. I've been working 12 hours 7 days a week for the last month, no complaints. The work was needed and my bank account is smiling.
@@shalindelta7 I bet you won't be smiling in a few years :)
@@shalindelta7good job company slave
he prolly will be a damn lot richer than u. cry about it when u go to sleep tonight mkay@@montz1757
@@shalindelta7every person that claims they enjoy being overworked comes out later in life wishing they had spent that time with their family and friends. You are denying yourself human interaction right now, and it will make you suffer as you get older.
Cause if gta 6 won't have player safety imma be mad!
Yoo i sub your channel
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@@SkippingTaxbecause GTA Online uses peer to peer, hackers can get a hold of your private data (IP and everything less valuable) and do some tomfoolery like DDoSing you or stealing your Email (or just casually sending a hitman to your general area)
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That subtle, weird LED background effect really added to the video, truly groundbreaking stuff.
I dont know what youve been on lately, but youre on the right stuff. Much love, bruv, keep it going 🙌🏾
I just hope everybody understands that the Rockstar team who made IV and V so amazing is NOT the Rockstar team we have today. Those days are gone and they're never coming back.
Even so, they still have a certain standard to pretend to keep up.
@@VinnyUnion not really
@@WrangleMcDangle yes they do. They're not called Ubisoft.
3:43 Now that is NOT cool. GTA was all about offensive jokes. I remember laughing my ass off at some cutscenes and dialog in GTA 4 and GTA 5 story mode, but recent GTA Online content couldn't even make me smile. The writing is completely different now and the jokes are just awkward. Yusuf Amir is just not the same without his N words. GTA 6 better not be woke cause Imma be real mad
GTAO story is written by the same guy who maintains the server room clean. Not that surprising considering they only have 14 other equally as bad options
not only that but there are double standards and rockstar are actually making it worse. they removed trans people bc people used to record killing them and making fun of lgbtq and trans people rockstar removed them. black people still exist people could do the same but they didnt remove theyre being racist. like its not okay to hit trans people and make fun fo them but its okay with black people
True. I'll fight for LGBT rights any day of the week but this is GTA.
Like the Helldivers devs say, a game for everyone is a game for no one, and GTA as a franchise was built on being offensive and out of pocket.
@@SlebanDogux if we look back at original Trilogy, we won't see nearly as much unhinged stuff as in 5 or even 4. So it won't be that far off for the series to not include cojones and stuff
@@BLET_55artem55 Still, removing all offensive jokes and violence is a step in the wrong direction.
i just love these type of contact
map DLC wont happen, as already happened with the story dlc.
yeah you can see from a mile away that it is bullshit, the map won't get expanded ever sadly
I fear that with the studio trying to be “more friendly” or whatever gta 6 will end up being politically correct and losing the charm it had.
People don’t love South Park or Tropic Thunder because they’re family friendly and PC. They love them because they make offensive jokes and play off it in a satire way. Just like gta 5 did.
Luke is afraid that if Rockstar treats their employees like humans his precious game will become politically correct.
Luke wants a mean studio “grrr” that disrespects its employees and enforces unfair working conditions. This will magically make his game more satirical
I wish I could see the people behind these dumbass comments
Yeah it's a big worry for me too and I think it may ruin my love for the series. All other games didn't shy away from calling out stupid politics or personalities but if they can't even keep a flag texture in a port of an old game it doesn't look good.
@@zombieguy GTA trilogy devs are completely different from R*
I want to give it the benefit of the doubt but it’s really hard too. I have a feeling that this will just be another game ruined by far left ideologies.
@@BLET_55artem55 Honestly I think that makes it even worse with R* / T2 showing zero love/respect to the classics. R* have also removed trivial content from GTA online too and censored DLCs.
They are buckling before even getting any criticism which is very bad.
I love this transition from goofball energy to this documentary stuff, loved the work before, still love it now
I miss when people weren't afraid of 'toxic' things, when offense was allowed and people didn't think crunch was a felony
The amount of crunch that these developers are going through (i have multiple friends working at rockstar) is bad. I dont mind offensive language at all but overworking your employees is terrible. I rarely have nights out with these friends due to this. They really do need to start treating employees better
Mors Mutual Insurance is evolving from a crappy insurance company to mini documentaries. What in the multiversal fuck 😂
i get these changes but the boys club is just so cool/ of the time
all of the greatest games were made by "boys clubs"
A real company...
A real company, that is usually why most of the popular games keep failing if you know.
Hey! This is my first video of yours and honestly quite great. Do you have a list of the sources for the articles you used? I'm interested in reading a bit more into the topic.
I think more people need to start treating GTA6 as this studio's first debut. Rockstar Games has essentially been "Ship of Theseus'd" at this point, and therefore their reputation should be reset to a neutral level. I know this isn't going to happen, it's THE Grand Theft Auto 6 after all, but I hope more people wait for reviews before buying when it comes out.
Also, something that'll really hurt GTA6 is if their mission design philosophy hasn't evolved since RDR2 (See: "Rockstar's Game Design is Outdated" by NakeyJakey). Rockstar's typical mission design really started to show its age with RDR2, as much as I liked the game as a whole. However it is clearly outdated, and this will be one of the things I will use to gauge whether I should buy it or not, among other things.
This is more of a personal thing, but Rockstar has really frustrated me over the years as well. There's all the cancelled games and DLCs (RDR1 DLC for RDR2, such an obvious thing to do but something they refuse to), yeah, but there's also their apparent *disdain* for PC. They clearly do not respect PC as a platform, evident from delaying releases on the platform, the neglect GTA Online on PC receives, security issues, and their dislike of the modding scene. It just kind of makes me want to not consider them at all, as it feels like they just outright don't want me as a customer just because I play on PC.
Honestly... knowing some of the people who work at gaming companies now... I feel like this is just a misunderstanding by the developers of how tough game development really is. This isn't like making a part-time indie game. Hearing some of these comments, they seem like the kinda people who just don't know what it's like to work hard for a hard job.
Is game development as tough as being a paramedic or oil rig worker… no not really. But that being said it’s still a very complex industry and the nature of the work itself it difficult and extremely time consuming.
no way you just said that. some of these people literally work 12 hours 6 days a week as mentioned. that is not healthy whatsoever and its not like they are doing time critical work like doctors or firefighters. this is purely due to bad project management and greed
@@FdPros Gta 6 is the most anticipated game at this point in time. They are literally working on a piece of history. This isn't work where you can expect to have an 8 hours, 5 days a week type of job. This is equivalent to working in the gold mines. You're doing the most difficult job. If you can't handle the heat, get out of the forge. No, it's not like being a paramedic or firefighter. But it's also not like working at a supermarket.
Are you talking about them coming back to the offices ? Or even before that
yea i kinda agree with this one, its like youre working on the top tier gaming company making the most anticipated game in history, and there is always a risk in every job. I dont agree with some crunch culture or even underpaid. But i do know that if you want to make something great there will be always greater risk that will come to you. Its more like that making this game will be a history on your portofolio work. Lets just hope rockstar still deliver great content in gta 6 and still had that parody joke on the game👍
The production on these videos are top notch keep pushing bro much love
This documentary is so good amazing job!
The day R* decided it was good to censor the humor that made their previous games was the same day they began to decline. Change my mind
Absolutely. I just read the /r/transgender thread on Rockstar removing transphobic jokes. And of course, as expected, they fully support the decision. The boys club is no longer, we got a lobotomized Rockstar now.
As someone who's still working from home, while discussing the situation with my team, we realized not only our productivity has been constant but also has improved as well, and at least for our company (which is small compared to R*) we have not experienced any security issues, so productivity sure is BS, but sadly with has previously happened R* can really claim it is for security which is why I disprove all leaks since it is now shown how this only has impacted those whose living depends on the current WFH working environments and not the corporation and its shareholders, just for some 15 seconds of fame and self congratulation, I complete condone the actions of those who now are giving these corporations the excuse to justify the return to old habits.
Your company is small you said. Why would you experience any security issues? No hacker would care about the company you work for, while GTA VI is one of the most anticipated videogames of the decade. Most hackers target workers instead of the actual company itself as it's easier to hack them. I still think that returning to the office is a bad idea tho.
@@awii.neocities thats not how hackers operate, sure R* is a more lucrative target, but so is their security harder to circumvent (I would assume). For a small basement hacker it can still be lucrative enough to hack small businesses for randsom and what not. Heck why do you think individuals get attacked by hackers?
@@SirDerRosen Because it's easier to reach the company itself. It's easier to fool a random intern than one of the main cybersecurity workers there. Plus, every company has access to good security. It's the whole reason why most cyberattacks now are either from social engineering or the company running an out of date system. Being an idiot or forgetting to update isn't less likely in a larger company.
I'm a programmer myself who codes on python/java/lua and this is absolutely disgusting. Developers work really hard and I know that considering I am one, they shouldn't be forced to do this. Rockstar really has lost all their morals. I can still see people hating on the workers, makes me lose hope in humanity.
You aren’t special we all have to do it. So I can care less about this crybaby bullshit. This generation is soft asf. Get your ass up and make your money. There are homeless people who would love to have a damn job. Game devs are not special from other working class people, devs are also not entitled to special privileges. Do your damn job. The End.
@@lebello1925 The fact that you're defending rockstar shows that you are an asshole. You really care about a game more than actual people. The developers ARE working 5 days a week already so why do you think they're lazy? that's not what they're complaining about. Its that they're being forced to return to the office five days a week when their contract even states that they were to work remotely. Rockstar says this is to increase productivity and security but productivity would stay the same coming in the office won't change that, the same can be said with security as leakers will still be leaking content anyway. And how are they going to return to the office? The developers are working on the game all around the world, they either sell their house, tell their partner you have to work close to rockstar north now, pull their kids out of school, fly all the way to a different country and restart your life over there. Is that what you want? Even spiderman 2 was made completely remotely, it's just rockstar being assholes. Don't see why you want to defend them though.
@@lebello1925 The fact that you're defending Rockstar shows the type of person you are. The developers are already working 5 days a week . So what's lazy? Working remotely? It was in their contract that they were supposed to do it remotely. They're complaining about being forced to return to the office 5 DAYS a week. Which is a problem for many because they live all across the world. How are they going to sell their house, pull their kids out of school, tell their partner they gotta work near rockstar, and restart their lives over there? You care about GTA 6 more than the developers themselves, it's kinda sad really.
@@Amritss664 lmao goofy. You’re just repeating the same sentiments that’s been floating around ever since we were made aware of the return to office mandate word for word. It just goes to show you don’t know how to use your brain and think for yourself. Why would they try to make someone who was hired on a strictly remote contract and who also live over 50 miles away from the nearest office. Why would they make them honor the return to office mandate? Sounds like from my experience in corporate. Anyone who live within a certain miles from the office are required to come in full time. While others will continue to be remote. This has been happening for the last 3 years in industries. And idgaf about GTA 6 in this topic. I’m tired of this generation of grown b!tch babies crying all the time about working. When there are people on the street desperate for work. So I care less about lazy workers.
As an triple A studio employees they should know what stakes they're working with. If they don't want to work with that kind of tension they should consider changing job
😂u cant be serious
I think that it is necessary for those that live within the area to go to work physically and not from home as for those who live far away they should keep working from home
2:51 what a load of shit 💀. Did this person not go to public school?
How does public school make you depressed💀
Im not so fan of documentaries, but I have to admit that this one made me look until the end of the video, this was amazing 👏👏👏
Game dev: let me go in a tough/harsh industry🙂
Also game devs: wow this is too tough, why is this into harsh?🥺😔
As someone who has worked from home since March 16th, 2020, I'm never going back to a cubicle.
If I worked at Rockstar, I'd tell them to pound sand.
Lazy fuck
lol
and i hope you will never work at R*, you're obviously useless
Rockstar gone from one of the most employee-crunching companies to a studio of which the employees don't even want to work
Probably cause they got rid of the men in the most prestigious video game company, in exchange for woke feminists, and “narrowing” the gender pay gap. Whatever the fuck that means. Probably just means that a guy with 12 years seniority will now make as much as some blue haired college graduate chick with no experience.
No they just want to work at home big difference
Such a soft new generation
@@sergeantzack1106 Tough shit.
It's soft-ass Gen Z that wants to have their cake and eat it too. It's dumbass Gen Z that begged Rockstar to destroy GTA Online because of their mindless, confused feefees (Nothing done to GTA Online after 2021 is necessary). And it's dumbass Rockstar, a once MAN-owned and run company, that let itself get taken over by women who let the company turn into a soft pile of spineless va-j-j mush. Fact is, in this line of work, it's 10-12 hour days and 6-hour weeks. That's just the way it is. It's low efficiency, medium difficulty (devs can LIE all the want, but they take their sweet time, at home they abuse drugs and drink like mad, and fool around), and high hours and pay work. I don't agree with high-hour work at all, but some industries are that way and no way they will change... And America is super far-right so it will always accommodate abusive working environments..
What is that music at 0:48 from? It’s so beautiful, I keep replaying it
I cant find this one in Adrian Berenguer too.
Yeah I'd love to know!
Good video. Just wanted to note we have no firm evidence that Rockstar's internal timeline has moved away from early 2025. The idea of a Spring release is based on Take Two Interactive (Rockstar's parent company)'s prediction of 7-8 Billion in revenue for their FY25, which began a few days ago and runs to the beginning of April 2025, and we haven't seen that prediction slip yet - including as of their most recent investor earnings call this February. The next one is in mid May, so we'll know more then. If it holds, that'll be a very good sign indeed for an early 25 release. The Kotaku article which got everyone worried recently has been walked back a fair bit, and both Jason Schreier and Tom Henderson have cast doubt on it.
Toxic Ceos +Toxic work environment+Unhappy employees = Gta 6 with glitches and microtransactions.
if u think gta 6 isnt gonna have microtransactions ur tweaking
rdr2 exists and rdr1 and gta v
@@Yorqk511 gta5 is trash compared to San Andreas
@@noose04ain’t no way💀💀💀
@noose04 that's just nostalgia. Playbboth games back to back. Gta5 is objectively better
Wow, it's messed up how R* and other companies treat their employees like this
The rockstar employees deserve the best working environment and conditions. They really put so much into their games.
i could watch a 1 hour long documentary from this guy and still not get bored
Shark card sales must have dropped 0.0000000001% so now the execs feel like they need to rush out gta VI
Wdym, GTA 6 will break a lot of records and bring extremely huge amount of money.
@@net6406 very likely, and if not then we still got gta 5 online. Maybe even then a remaster of gta 5 online.
I noticed that everytime I joined a server, there's always less and less players.
Everyone was crunching over RDR 2 and we all saw what a game it is and that it is an immortal masterpiece with the greatest protagonist.
Every time I see the Mors Mutual building in Rockford hills I think of this channel
at 0:53 i knew this was gonna be a masterpeice so i liked it . Also who hurt MMI :( , Love the new style