I can't blame one individual for Tekken 7's state. Looking @ Tekken 7's credits, the game director is Yuichi Yonemori while the Lead Game Design is handled by Yasuki Nakabayashi (a position that wasn't in TTT2). But of coarse it all could be possible that they did the best they could with the budget that's managed by the Producer... which Harada happens to be. However the budgets are dictated by the business suits @ Namco and all....
But a part of me truly feels like if they wanted, Tekken 7 could have been something new even with the budget they have right now...
I'll never know. I can lay the rest of my hopes for a fresh new 3D fighting game experience on the Soul Calibur team I suppose.
And thanks again to Wonkey's hunting: Jin Kazama footage popped up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjUtV-XjGR0
Still plays exactly the same.