LegalEagleMike
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Nope, not at all. Means the initial funder was looking to recoup costs & still get it out despite its troubles. Speaks more to Xbox division's budget woes. If it just needed some more time & the budget was on point, I imagine they'd have just funded it & got it out in order to save face.
The game was shopped around to other publishers before it was presented to Microsoft who then backed it but only if they could own the IP.