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>cater to hardcore fans
>costs one million to make
>ten million hardcore fans buy the game
>one million casual players buy the game
>can't appeal to everyone, mixed reviews land the overall score in the low 80s
>cater to casual players
>costs 500k to make
>ten million casual players buy the game
>five million hardcore fans buy the game anyways by virtue of being invested in the series
>casuals will rate it highly because they know nothing about the game quality, hardcore fans will defend the series from all criticism due to being invested in it, overall score lands in the high 80s to low 90s