It's amazing to see people commenting here with such a blasé attitude.
It's disgusting. No, if they were working 5hour days, 3 days a week they would not be able to turn out an amazing game in that timeframe.
But we're talking about a corporation. An entity that employs people to help produce a product. They KNOW how long it takes to make something. They have people there, like project managers, who are paid 7 figure salaries to manage workloads and plan. CB has spend years in development. It's not like they didn't realise that there would be a push toward the end.
That's what makes this so bad. Because they went on record and promised that this would not happen. And that is a disgrace. Why promise something if you know you can't keep the promise?
Anybody who says the devs should feel lucky or that they are passionate are just spewing BS. It is poor treatment and abuse of labour cut and dry, no it's, no buts. If you don't see it that way that is fine, but know that you are part of the problem.
A game does not have to abuse workers to be good. It could be just as good if more people were working on it or they simply took longer to make it. But that all costs money. Make no mistake, it's only about money. This game is going to take a boatload of it whenever it releases, but rather sooner than later, no matter the human cost. People are cheap and expendable.