>>35142023Success ruined it. Hear me out.
>make game>people love it>make formula based around game so people know what they're buying >game series becomes massive success>so successful and so formula-driven that people will automatically buy the games now>any mistakes or bad elements put into the games don't matter anymore because people will still buy it regardless>rest on your laurels making the newer games more and more half baked while you continue to rake in the dosh>also make the games more casualized and handholdy to appeal to the most casual casuals and the dumbest retards 