They have dormant franchises fans would love new games from and could probably create some cool shit if they moved on from games like R6S and tried to break from their old Assassin's Creed/Far Cry style open world formula.

Maybe I'm just too cynical or whatever but with how things played out I don't see it changing. Republicans voted to override Trump's veto of the NDAA in 2020 and I think Dems would do the same here. Even when Obama vetoed the NDAA in 2015 he didn't really get any concessions he wanted out of it.

I wish I could believe that would work but when Congress comes back on the 3rd it'll be the 119th with Republican control over the House and Senate. Enough Dems (especially in the Senate) voted with Republicans I don't think we could feasibly prevent another 2/3 majority.

But with how few Senate Democrats opposed it and how many in the House joined with voting yes along with Republicans along with the 119th Congress starting on the 3rd he was dealt a shit hand preventing him from trying to form any sort of strong opposition to get it removed before signing.

That's a fair point but his veto would've made that very same statement of opposition to that part of the NDAA and the end result would still be it passing as-is. I don't agree with him signing it I think he should've left it without his signature and made stronger public statements.

Indeed they do. For too long they've allowed Republicans to use the NDAA and other budget bills to push ridiculous and often unpopular policies with little to no pushback.

The best move he had to show he objected to it would've been not signing it which would've allowed it to go into law automatically while he expressed the issues his administration had with the bill but at the end of the day the bill was going to pass as-is with or without a veto or signature.

A lack of a veto doesn't indicate a lack of care. It's usually not a good move politically to veto a bill with majority bipartisan support especially for something like the NDAA. Also if he vetoed it now it would just be back on his desk with more support by January when the 119th Congress begins.