>>8193652EN is still a side project, despite it's massive success. JP companies rarely treat their foreign branches well, and look at them with contempt if they outdo the JP operations (like how EN mogged Gen5).
It's actually crazy how much better EN1 would have done if they weren't basically tossed out into the wilds by themselves and were given access to things like the JP minecraft server, more collabs with JP girls, maybe even Visas for 3D debuts. Expect similar levels of abandonment for EN2, except maybe this time they'll have support from their EN1 senpais.