One of the theories I saw floating around which seems plausible is it hits an hours played checklist which is extremely annoying if true. A classic case of, these developers don't really play video games, seem to hate their jobs and are just interested in pumping out crap for the sake of hitting sales targets which really shows lately thanks to the recent DEI/ESG funding.
Gods I hope that's not the case, though I could definitely see it happening. Not just due to DEI/ESG funding, but money spreadsheeting investors in general who've been muddling their way into things.
One of the theories I saw floating around which seems plausible is it hits an hours played checklist which is extremely annoying if true. A classic case of, these developers don't really play video games, seem to hate their jobs and are just interested in pumping out crap for the sake of hitting sales targets which really shows lately thanks to the recent DEI/ESG funding.
Gods I hope that's not the case, though I could definitely see it happening. Not just due to DEI/ESG funding, but money spreadsheeting investors in general who've been muddling their way into things.