Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-7146531-20140131090141/@comment-25467429-20151103150441

^ The problem is, that's not how Bandai Namco works. That would be a decent idea, but they tend to section off their properties to the individual studio or team. They may cross promote, but it hardly seems like they share funds. Just look at the collaborations they've done for Infinity emblems and the like. Heck, the Idolmaster series alone has been a pretty big success for them, yet I don't know that they've necessarily redistributed much of that money to any other projects. If Ace Combat can't stand on its own feet, I wouldn't count on Namco Bandai using halo funds of another of their properties to save it.

That gets to another idea, however, that might work if there are parties willing to do it. They could sell the Ace Combat franchise to another producer. The original Bayonetta game was done through Sega, and was seemingly a success too, but Sega wasn't going to continue. That franchise was going to be dead after one game until Nintendo picked up the studio and team behind the game and they managed to produce the sequel. Maybe if there's a studio out there that is interested, more patient, has better funding mechanisms, Bandai Namco could sell the series to them. Maybe let Sony themselves buy it out.