Quote Originally Posted by Insertusernamehere View Post
If it is true I am surprised tbh.. I am developer (not a game developer sadly) my self but I don't read any kind of feed back unless it is coming from lead dev's room. If they are doing it kudos to them for their passionate work.
I mean, it varies from developer to developer; I have friends at places like Adobe who work on things like Photoshop or Illustrator and hang out on the help forums. I think it's more common with game developers, admittedly, because it's a career that folks generally get into -- and stay in -- for passion; they're almost always gamers themselves and so want to make games. (Lord knows most don't stay in the field for the pay, which is generally Not Great compared to other tech fields.) And that can often mean wanting to see what your fellow gamers are saying about the game you work on. (Plus, I mean, if it's a big enough game, even if you aren't reading the official forums for your game -- if applicable -- the only way you can entirely avoid people's opinions about it would be to avoid all gaming news sites, Twitter, gaming subreddits, etc. If you're a gamer yourself, you probably participate in those things anyway, even if only for other games you play...)

But that's sort of tangential to the discussion.