With that Microsoft court document PDF leak (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/ftc-v-microsoft-document-leak-outs-detailed-plans-for-mid-gen-xbox-refresh/), along with the whole fiasco of publishers being headed by businessmen who don't game much (hello Konami); one can certainly see that gaming in general is becoming much more corporate.
It appears that Flax may ultimately be what Devs will be be guided to use next. However, since it too isn't open source; one can anticipate potential lock-ins.
Godot is said to have some issues despite Godot 4.0's improvements. At the very least, if Godot ever followed in the footsteps of other open source products who turned evil (like Audacity), someone can still could fork it at least.
We may have a frog-in-pot situation. Adobe users have some familiarity with this.