It might be. I'd bet the AAA gamedev industry has the worst code quality on average, due to a combination of routine crunch, large team sizes working on the same product, and an "if it works, ship it" mentality.
And the apparent state that, not only can they not get the thing made as proscribed in the amount of time - how do they make it robustly designed with mind for future use?
They're like a freshman finishing their paper the night before - hell no they didn't edit for clarity, much less added depth.
They're like a freshman finishing their paper the night before - hell no they didn't edit for clarity, much less added depth.