I'm bringing this up because of the latest news that Bungie is stopping live support of Destiny 2 after the next update, probably to desperately focus on Marathon. But you combine it with:
• Ubisoft circling the drain
• A game getting review bombed to hell as a link to Anita was found
• Shift Up has abandoned Sony publication just as Sony desperately try to rename woke game Fairgame$ to salvage ANY return
• Asian studios cutting ties to western studios in general
It does feel like we are reaching the endgame now where it will be 'purge the left or die' at a lot of these studios, it's just a matter of is there anything left to save in some of them?
I think a lot of those incentives HAVE gone. EA is under Saudi money, Ubisoft gasps for water as a Chinese vulture looms, Naughty Dog can feel the reaper nearby waiting for them to release their next game.
The fact Mixtape took a nepobaby to make and even with EVERY shill it didn't sell, shows the funds are simply not there any more as I think Blackrock publicly said they aren't funding it anymore either.