If you continue talking about the game going down guess what will happen ?
It will go down

Why ?

Negative reviews / posts infect the minds of other.
And they will start negative thinking too.
And then they will leave (or never join)

And then the scenario you feared gets real.

A better way to prevent it : GET POSITIVE
(A suggestion that will help you in your whole life )

Even after all the red flags for three years now I chose to stay positive, I chose to stay positive even as I watched more original devs leave the project and more content was being scrapped.

For three years I choose to stay positive for this game, I wanted it to succeed. I don't see how it can now. The game is no longer what I paid for and it is no longer what got me so hyped three years ago.

I can not be like this any longer.

Did Bandai Namco march into Behavior's Interactive office, armed with heavy bolters, and forced them to publish their game?

I dont think it works that way m8.

But how did Namco Bandai end up being their publisher?

I dont know that but we can assume it has/had something to do with Pikko failing and all the resources that got wasted with it perhaps?

Yes I would think so too. My point was that nobody "forced" Behavior to take on a publisher. And the moment they had this publisher, I am pretty sure they knew what to expect.

Even before the fall of Pikko, they were still looking for a publisher.

Of course, it exists, how else did we get WoW and all those clones? The problem is there is currently no available tech to have an open world shooter with hundred players battles. PS2 is the only game that has it, and despite all of its shortcomings, do you think they will give it away for free? That's the only reason why PS2 is still existence, take that away and PS2 will sink faster than a turkey stuff with dynamites.

In an absolute worst case scenario, Grey goo would destroy the world on launch day. Not saying it was Noah Ward but..