At companies that do "critical" stuff, where defects have safety or $$$ implications, the argument about increased error rates is often convincing to managers,

At companies that do "critical" stuff, where defects have safety or $$$ implications, the argument about increased error rates is often convincing to managers, and one reason you see crunch less often there. But at many companies the managers may not care. The management of videogame companies does care about defect rate a bit, but it's not their top concern.