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There are always tradeoffs to be made in pipelines. Some things will be easier, which will make other things harder to do. This is also a big reason so many different editors and engines exist: They all make different tradeoffs, and so different people prefer them for different projects.

Often times a studio gets to ask not to make the games they are good at, but instead to 'Fill up the portfolio' from the publisher. So the studio is asked to, for example, make a live service game even though the studio is very good at singleplayer games.

Sometimes this is reflected back on the studio, because the studio pitches a bunch of games, some of which they are very good at, but others they know their pipeline and experience isn't good for. But it's the publishers that greenlight. If they decide you do live service, now you have to do it.