The last 3 games didn’t sell well, and this was at least years down the line. This is clearly very early in production. I can’t say I am surprised this was cancelled in that context.

Even if it was the best game ever made, it was years away from a studio that had just had 3 financial failures in a row. Maybe it would have been approved if it was already like, 90% complete, but this looks like it’s maybe 10%.