It's absolutely malice. (Gaming)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Monday, June 10, 2019, 11:29 (1776 days ago) @ stabbim

This honestly sounds more like laziness than malice. Like no one ever bothered to track who did what, so each time they publish something, they just grab the CURRENT employee roster at that moment.

They have updated the games post-launch to remove people from the credits (even the localization team!)

That doesn't surprise me at all, and if you've never worked somewhere disorganized enough to do something similar, then I congratulate you on your very good luck. But what does annoy me a bit is when this was pointed out, they apparently doubled down on it as "policy" rather than just saying "huh, yeah we should probably track that."

It's basically instilling a fear of erasure, making employees more subservient, without directly threatening them. The fact that it's acknowledged as policy really just removes any trace of doubt as to it being a form of intimidation.