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Originally Posted by Tactics
What they wanted is the potent assets like Little Busters and Heavens Burn Red.
Especially HBR which managed to gain loyalist in VN-oriented gacha market that once believed to be "No way you can compete with Fate Grand Order" area.
Whether they continue to release new non-gacha games depends on the deal.
Personally I'm just glad Baba get out and hope that the deal can warrant Key longevity in future; after what he did to Tales franchise I don't want to see his name again.
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Technically, Key, or rather, Visual Arts, did not 'release' any gacha games. HBR is said to be co-made by Key and WFS. But in reality, the entire developer team is from WFS which is made up of 120+ strong developers (for HBR only, not counting other games). The publishing and distribution rights also lie with WFS, which is the official 運営さん, and VA has no part in it. WFS fully handles development, publishing and marketing. The main 'resource affiliated' with Key is Maeda, who provides all scenarios and music. It's possible some of the background art or concept art is provided by Key artists, though all 51 characters are designed and drawn by Yuugen, who also handles all key visuals. Other than that, Key probably does make royalties from lending its brand name, as well as from IP cross-overs from Angel Beats, and most recently, music from Kanon and Air.