>>55060092And there's a world of difference between pandering to your established audience and pandering with the purpose of a GLOBAL, MASS-APPEAL audience.
There was no point in playing P:LA without prior knowledge of Gens IV & V because it's appeal hinged on that notion, and things we're great that way, instead of going full-global and mish-mash like with Scarlet & Violet. They took one glance at Persona and Three Houses and said, "yeah, that'll sell 'em".