something i've noticed over the years about jp devs is that they'll see a jp dev have some major success on the enthusiast side of gaming selling a couple million copies and then instead of trying to chase after that same audience that the dev who found success cultivated they decide to doubledown on otaku while still copying whatever game was successful instead of making something that would appeal to a wider audience. examples of this would be dark souls in recent years with bamcos anime souls and persona with the countless jrpgs that have copied social links and the school setting.
now dont get me wrong i know that persona is anime and also panders to otaku but it is alot less off putting than alot of other jrpgs which can get anime as fuck in the weird kind of way. also the persona art style while anime still feels like its normal enough for the average person to appreciate.
what do you all think? am i wrong or do i have a point? just something i've been thinking about for a while.
now dont get me wrong i know that persona is anime and also panders to otaku but it is alot less off putting than alot of other jrpgs which can get anime as fuck in the weird kind of way. also the persona art style while anime still feels like its normal enough for the average person to appreciate.
what do you all think? am i wrong or do i have a point? just something i've been thinking about for a while.