The fact that ToW sold better than they expected and that total war has remained popular
IMO is telling the corporate pigs that WFB was always more valuable for a range of reasons and their decade long meander into cynical corporate washing to try and make something that would sell better just isn't working for them anymore.
This may all be a hilarious joke by some twisted people, but
AoS never had any creative credibility - it was a cynical managerial direction that looted another IP and tried to resell the same product with different labels. If ChatGPT had existed back then I would have thought that's what they used to make it...
Will be interesting to see whether this goes anywhere or not. With WFB back, I am less concerned with what happens to
AoS. Except unapologetic schadenfreude at
GW's management.
IMO it would have been better to turn ToW into the 'last world' with all the realms surrounding it, with ToW being the fulcrum that ultimately decided the fate of reality.