I work in game development. In my experience for every big title that makes it to shelves, there are several more that never see the light of day. Some of thos

I work in game development. In my experience for every big title that makes it to shelves, there are several more that never see the light of day. Some of those were axed early on in development, but I have personally worked on a game that was cancelled after spending at least $10M. Publishers know when to cut their losses.