I don't think this was posted yet. Unsure what this guy's info source is, or his credibility, but...
Sounds like nonsense to me.
Epic and Sony aren't why (In the time from those deals starting);
- Square mismanaged then cut ties with their Western studios.
- Chased live-service garbage in Babylons' Fall, Foamstars and Marvel Avengers.
- Released shitty ports of Chrono Cross, Valkyrie Lenneth and Tactics Ogre
- Tried to sleep with any platform they could for extra deals on exclusivity for every game under the sun, which is why their catalogue looked random and all over the place (Look at FF Pixel Remasters and Octopath)
- Had a wreckless cadence of games that cannabilized eachother, who was buying all this shit?
- Why FF14 is dying
Square Enix have just been a laughing stock over the last few years when you really look at it.
All the cancelled projects don't bother me when you look at games like Diofield Chronicles. Are people really up in arms and sad they aren't getting more junk like that, that they didn't even play and pay for to begin with!