That was sort of my path for BG3 even without playing it.
They announced it and I was like "Holy fuck, BG3? YES."
Then I noticed Larian was working on it, and people mentioned it was probably going to feel more like a successor to Divinity than an actual BG game, and I was like "...meh."
Then they leaked that it was mostly going to revolve around mind flayers and the Gith, and I was like "Bleh."
Then it was released in year-long early-access beta and turned out to be a buggy, broken mess, and I was like "Ugh."
And then I watched a few let's plays of it on YouTube and was mostly like, "Man, this all looks like it pretty much full-on sucks."
At this point I can't imagine ever wanting to play it at all. And that sort of apathy then spreads, so now I barely give a shit about the existence of any other potential future D&D games either. Considering how badly it feels like they fucked this one up, I can't imagine a scenario where any other games are going to be any better. They're all probably just going to be shitty cash-ins on the existing IP brand recognition rather than worthwhile games in their own right.
BG3 feels like a cult brand IP that they could have slam-dunked, but they completely missed their shot on - and now they've burned most of that hype and goodwill up. They're never going to be able to cash that particular check again, and it's kind of a shame.
Then again, that seems to be the running trend lately. Cyberpunk and V:tM Bloodlines 2 sort of fall into the same sort of camp, and those were spectacularly fucked up as well.
theres some dark, wretched part of me that has the fucking audacity to have some slight hope that this new dark alliance game might defy all odds and not totally suck