You think so? I think it might do the opposite.

"Sony's closing their own studio and funding other games" would probably be the flavour of outrage for every comments section.

But more importantly, this is surprisingly one of those situations where I can weigh in with a personal anecdote. In my deeply unconventional life, I've met a grand total of two people that are Yakuza in my life (well...*were* is more accurate), both times in Shinjuku during different visits and eight years apart. They're fascinating people, and I remember something from them that might be relevant here: they're a bit thin-skinned. Not on a personal level, but flying too close to the organized crime sun gets a response. They don't really hide their existence, but they do engage in some reputation laundering to appear more innocuous than they are. My guess? There has been some pressure to kill this project. Like a Dragon doesn't take itself seriously and it makes them look fun. GOD looks to be a bit more...accurate, and I suspect it flies too close to the organized crime sun I'm talking about.

Sony, still being a longstanding Japanese corporation, probably has a lot of cultural cache. And if Nagoshi goes to Sony, I suspect they'll either say no upfront or would be talked into pulling support before long (which would do even more damage).

It's a shame because the game looks interesting, but this kind of thing comes with precedent. I would compare it to The Last Temptation of Christ ,or even Sony's own experience with The Interview.

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Let me be clear. This is sarcasm