>>281205587
It's shockingly common, especially in video games.
>series has been dormant for a while
>a full revival would require actual assets and if it flops it'd be a financial disaster
>let's revive and/or do a spinoff
>nobody gives a shit about the spinoff, not even the people who really wanted a new entry in the series
>corporate board retards say "well I guess there isn't an audience for this IP anymore, glad we didn't do the full reboot!"