“It became a narrative of, like, ‘Oh, they canceled a bunch of projects,'” he said. “And it’s like, ‘Yeah, we do that all the time, like everybody else.’”

Yes, that’s normal for large shit-at-making-games studios. No, it doesn’t mean they’re keeping pace.

Palworld and other Idie studios are setting the pace. The big studios are carcases that haven’t finished rotting in the sun, yet.