Originally Posted by ChaosTheory
In the case of Obsidian, no. But I think starting an entirely new IP (Project Eternity) in a "risky" genre is a bit different than making a sequel to an already fairly successful franchise (Longest Journey)— at least successful enough to justify a sequel without free money.

There are projects that could certainly get publisher funding in more or less intact form and you found to rant about one that could get seriously damaged by publisher interference(again remember Dreamfall) in genre that is not very profitable especially for something of TLJ scale with full VA.TLJ series was successful but those times where different.