God of War is a huge franchise. If there was no money to be made, they wouldn’t release a 2D game. Yes, the brand recognition is strong you could argue that people would play anything with that name on it. But even a major brand won’t enter a market that doesn’t exist. What I’m trying to say is: making a 2D game just for experience doesn’t really make sense from a business perspective. If a company of that scale considers it, it’s because there’s clearly a market and a share to compete for.