Well someone lying they said a couple times things were going well. All it is the group now thinks mp is beneath them oh well
An alpha can go well the mechanics/features can go well, but the content isn’t there models assets, environment, etc.
After the Alpha build, problem is as you’re dealing with a lot more teams and stakeholders.
Like I said earlier they probably got punked into making this a GaaS which means they’re supporting this for a min of 3 years, so more dev time and live dev teams to tool up. ND probably planned to make a one-off MP game, but once Sony stepped in and said hit the GaaS, ND realized they weren’t about that life.