While that's true, there's also often a noticeable trend of games moving in a similar direction across a publisher - for example the disastrous live service att

While that's true, there's also often a noticeable trend of games moving in a similar direction across a publisher - for example the disastrous live service attempt from Bioware (Anthem). Whether this is due to top-down pressure or just corporate vibes or culture, publishers definitely seem to have an impact on what kind of games get made.