There's also been a recent study in the GameDev space called "The Games Outcomes Project" which specifically looked at crunch: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/PaulTo

There's also been a recent study in the GameDev space called "The Games Outcomes Project" which specifically looked at crunch: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/PaulTozour/20141216/232023/The_Game_Outcomes_Project_Part_1_The_Best_and_the_Rest.php http://gamasutra.com/blogs/PaulTozour/20141216/232023/The_Ga... Spoilers: It destroys productivity and teams.