It's been this way for years, maybe decades but is recently getting some attention because offerings like RDR2 online mean teams are on perpetual crunch.
From what I gather, Rockstar are the biggest culprits as they intimidate staff into silence through a bullyboy enforcer, plus threats of ruining reputations in the industry and NDA lawsuits everywhere. All the AAA devs are at it, though.
If you can bear him (he's more Marmite than marmite) Jim Sterling has a few videos about it that are quite interesting.
Agreed on getting TLoU2 right, but Naughty Dog never seem to put a foot wrong so I don't think there's anything to worry about.