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by gmerc 979 days ago
Rule of thumb in AAA: After 3 years devtime you are starting to pay serious debts by tech updates - that’s the descent into development hell.
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This. It’s easy to criticize or idolize from the outside. When you’re in it, any time spent beyond innovating is wasted R&D. It might be justified. It probably isn’t. This is one of the main reasons Unreal went open source. Let the community drive R&D on their own dime.