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The team was incredibly invested in the project, and put in unheard of efforts to complete the project while sacrificing personal health and family life.

I wonder if this is "invested" as in, had a substantial equity stake and it was worth the sacrifices of health and relationships because they and their families were setup for life afterwards and retired to a beach in Malibu, or some other meaning...



> .. because they and their families were setup for life afterwards and retired to a beach in Malibu ..

And if the game flopped then? Even a success doesn't guarantee the above does it?


Sure, but they weren't taking that chance were they? They were just being exploited.




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