Beyond Good and Evil 2's direction makes more sense in the context of EA shutting down Respawn's Star Wars game and with the industry in general moving away from AAA solo experiences. There was no way an 10-20 hour single player game was going to be green lit in today's market. I still find the decision to have it as a prequel baffling; Keep the online elements, and stick with Jade as a protagonist, that would have been a better direction.