Is it? To me it sounds like they are now allocating resources to their Japanese games but the rise of AAA development costs and resources means they have to be somewhat fluid and flexible and so having other invest in partial stakes for said studios adds revenue for said development costs.That is right because the idea is to set up western studios partially owned by Square Enix so that Square Enix doesn't have to fully fund western titles
This to me is more so about studios they own now then some theoretical future which wasn't mentioned in the thread.