Quote Originally Posted by Spooniest View Post
Wait a minute.

An old-school JRPG designed for a niche market takes off in the west, and causes the producers of said JRPG to redirect their plans?

Sounds like...
Yep, I was thinking exactly this.

I had thought ATLUS was the only developer who still understood that JRPG fans actually want JRPGs, regardless of where they live. It would be nice to see Square finally read that memo.

It's also nice for them to see that it applies to more than just JRPGs as well. I don't play the Hitman games, but I've seen tons of fans criticize the new one for being overly linear and allowing less freedom in setup and execution compared to the earlier games of the series.

Finally, they might be realizing that "making things that appeal to everyone" only results in mediocre products that don't excel in any particular area and therefore have nothing to recommend them over the thousands of other similar titles currently on the market.