Yes, leaks can significantly impact the sales of a game, early leaked screenshots of half finished art can turn a huge chunk of gamers off that dont actually know how games look in early development, and lose interest because "graphix sux/looks bad man". most consumers are not concerned with a studios credibility, they…
Companies cant really just sit idle and continue to pay peoples salary if they are not working for extended periods of time, they would literally be burning money. take ubisoft montreal for example, lets say the overall average of everyones at the studio is about 75k/yr if we avg across all departments. thats about 200…