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Quoted from jfh:Yup. If you are a programmer you can't just sit down and say "Today I will be brilliant". Some days, you can go for 16 hours straight, some days you're lucky if you can do 16 minutes ... if you are good, it's an art. And you can't do art on a schedule.
But you must learn to estimate... pace yourself... learn to adapt... and accept deadlines based on your estimates.
Fwiw... code drops is lingo for builds to be used by others... not necessarily released externally
Code drops every two weeks could just be a mandate that code will be testable and usable every two weeks to be tested in the facility
Quoted from kpg:It's clear Stern makes almost all of their money during the pre-order process of a new title release. After that, orders trickle in for the title and they need to quickly release a new one to get that chunk of money in again.
Revisionist thinking here..
The next game is already coming because Stern moved to a multi-title inventory model a few years back. Stern will take in TONS of more orders over the life of a title. It didn't build thousands of AC/DC based on the first preorders... 
Stern builds in batches, and also build's multiple titles. They rotate the new titles in, as they rotate games out. Normally not as close to each other as this (tho it's been a full quarter since BM66 was launched) but the special games vs cornerstone games is also going to screw with the status quo as we knew it.
The other titles Stern is building at the time.. are also brining in money.. they don't need Aerosmith to bring in more money.
They can't recognize revenue until they INVOICE FOR IT.. which means shipping it. So SHIPPING GAMES is where they make their money.. not preorders.
Quoted from bjorg:A software update is late? A game is released unfinished? Time for the caped coder to jump into action!
So enlighten me and tell me what software ships these days finished? Just curious how few examples there are, because none come to mind...
Other people aiming for the bottom is not a justification to accept it.
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