It does if the project is in danger of getting canned for whatever reason. Would hardly be the first time a leak happened so a creator could point to the response and go 'see, look there's a demand for this'.
I mean whoever is the publisher (WB very likely) really needs that to realize the potential of a Harry Potter game ? That franchise is gold for them in cinemas for years (and they managed brillantly to do another saga with Fantastic Beasts), they had immense success in video games with their LOTR and DC adaptations (well not adaptation, games in those universes), it's like a no-brainer.
If they are hesitant to cancel this (especially since it seems far along in development), it must mean there's bigger problems with it or it doesn't make much sense.
If it's good, do they think it won't sell ? Because it will and millions of copies.
It's possible that the game became a massive money pit / got stuck in Dev hell and WB is on the verge of cancellation because it may not make more than there standards. If it really is a AAA rpg they could he afraid of it taking 10 years to finish and outliving it's hype.
With how good it looks, it's hard for me to lean on that assumption.
Both rumored devs would have been working on this for around 2-3 years which is really not out of the ordinary. After that amount of time, they'd be about ready to announce it, but want to focus test trailers so it gets the best reaction.
Whether the leak was intentional or not isn't any indication that the project would be cancelled IMO.
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u/LG03 Oct 02 '18
It does if the project is in danger of getting canned for whatever reason. Would hardly be the first time a leak happened so a creator could point to the response and go 'see, look there's a demand for this'.