Fallout: New Vegas Interviews

[TychoXI]

It always scares me when a developer says that his/her game is "done". Most will tell you that a game is never done, just like an artist's work can always be improved on and is never "finished". They could always improve stability, or the interface on the PC side, or the editor, or some of the quest options, etc. It's hard for me to believe how someone could be satisfied with his/her own creation.

No no, my friend, the true artist realizes his work is done when there's nothing left to remove, not when there's nothing left add.
Besides, improving stability and bugs and framerates is exactly what he says they are doing now...

 

[Brother None]

It always scares me when a developer says that his/her game is "done".

Done just means it's nearing gold (or silver, depending on which dev is speaking). In that case it means it's about ready to present to their publisher. There's nothing mystical about it, it's just a production process term.