This might be my most stupid question yet, but what the hell:
I’m reading about the GTA VI leaks on Wikipedia, and it talks about the various impacts the leaks had, one of which was low morale amongst the developers. Why is that? The response from the internet to the GTA VI leaks in particular seemed to be positive and caused renewed excitement in the game. Everyone [seemingly] understood that it was early, non-final work, but were nevertheless impressed/excited, as far as I could tell anyway 🤷 Besides, it’s GTA, it’s not like they’re gonna break much new ground in terms of gameplay mechanics that need to be kept secret. Things were more or less set in stone in that regard in GTA III.
Why so sad?
Ever had someone looking over your shoulder providing feedback to something that you’re in the middle of writing the first draft of?
I engraved leather stuff we made with a laser.
Whenever a customer was commenting on white I was typing WHILE I was typing it… I’d swivel the screen away from them so they couldn’t see it until I was done writing.
It’s like “yes I know I misspelled that word… you just verbally told me a paragraph of text I’m writing quickly before I forget it. I’ll fix the spelling and formatting after… just wait. Before I engrave I’ll show you for approval”
Your point? Management already does this constantly. What’s wrong with your actual customer and user base doing it too?
It’s not okay for management to do that either. The devs don’t need asshole customers doing it too.
It’s not done and it’s annoying. Logically speaking management knows what you are working on so if you are working on a 25% complete deliverable they have a reasonable expectation what that should look like. When management doesn’t do that it’s also annoying.
… And?