"OMG WHAT A LAZY DEVELOPER/PROGRAMMER"

I strongly dislike the "lazy developer" argument that some people come up with to explain why something didn't happen. Maybe a game didn't meet technical expectations. Maybe its not coming out on their system of choice. Maybe some feature they wanted isn't there. Whatever.

To me this reeks of ignorance.

Yes, undoubtedly there are lazy devs (there are lazy people in any and every profession), but the rest of them? They have deadlines/milestones to meet, changing goals, have to work with the stuff day in and day out for the same project for 18 to 24 months or more, having to decide what's going to have to take priority over what (and what will have to ultimately get cut), working very long hours and doing their best to stay within budget. The game industry has a turnover rate of 5 years - you get in, maybe work on 2-3 games, and go find another career, basically.

Its particularly irksome on console games. Its amazing how many console games are shipped with as few bugs and problems as they have. Truly. Especially when you consider how complex games have been last generation and how sophisticated they'll be this one! The graphics engines don't write themselves, neither does the AI, the physics, online code, or anything else. Yet it seems like people are perfectly willing to overlook all that and rant and rave about how dumb developers are and how lazy they are and oh how stupid could they be.

Jerks!

So, the next time some idiot fanboy starts going on about that, tell him if its so damn easy he should go apply for the job. Chances are the moron wouldn't be qualified to be a tester, much less anything else.