My point was more that industry is doing what it does best. Take what worked before, multiply the budget and do it again with a nicer coat of paint.
So that's hardly controversial.
The fact that these two opposite approaches were both a critical (and commercial) success before, might be interesting to revisit after these new games have had their time in the market.
I think it is noteworthy that 2017 was a bit of a banner timeframe for 'female protagonist' releases in mainstream IPs (we also got Control, Plagues Tale, Echo, HZD, GR2, etc. )
And notably except Sony 1p, they were all playing it a bit 'safe' with AA sized budgets.
How things have changed in 2024 might make for an interesting case study.
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