Phil skipped playing Ace Combat because he knew it was going to be too hard for him.
I've seen for at least a week people talking about how hard this game was. This is not Dark Souls, Phil can't cheese the bosses, etc.
Phil has been hyping this game up for weeks. He said he didn't research it or look at anyone else's opinions.
If he did the minimum amount of research for his business he would have known this game is not for him. He is not good at it. He is not having fun. He might possibly beat it, but the hours he will have to invest will not be worth it.
All Phil saw was that this game is made by FromSoftware and they make Dark Souls. Dark Souls made him money so this will make him money.
Well this game is also from Activison. Activison also did Guitar Hero. Sekiro obviously must be just like Guitar Hero.