Why wasn't it as popular as Automata?

Why wasn't it as popular as Automata?

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>Why wasn't it ass popular as Automata?
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Is NIeR Replicant similar to the PS3 Nier?

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pretty much everyone preferred father nier so most of the existing fanbase did not come back for the remake

It's the same game but with the original protagonist and better graphics. There's also a few new bosses and a new ending

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Japan considers father Nier a parody

Only faggots prefer father nier, it's the worst kind of localization

they barely touched up the graphics. game looks like fucking shit. the lighting is AWFUL. i was fooled by the trailers. the actual game looks nothing like that

Automata had platinum games attached to it.

why tho?
I legitimately prefer father Nier because the brother/sister jap thing is overdone and I thought the lengths father Nier went to for his daughter were more believable than a brother doing the same thing.
It seems like people who prefer brother Nier have bizarre fetishes for incest and prostitution.

Automata had a ton of word of mouth about how outstanding it was after people reached ending E. The original is also a bit more tedious to get through to reach the final ending, that probably filters people a bit. The new ending in Replicant is fucking awesome though, so it's a shame.

no fapbait character. anyone who actually believes automata sold on any of its merits and not 2b's ass is a fucking imbecile high on copium

Automata played better and let you play an assalicious 2B.

Automata was announced when Platinum was at the height of their popularity. That plus Ass by themselves sold millions. The original Nier was okay at best and released when the hip thing to do was shit on Japanese games just because they were Japanese, and the remake is still limited by the source game plus the overall hype from Automata had died down.

Because the "overrated story" praise in a Japanese video game IP can only be played once.

Butchered american release, which is funny because the japanese thought americans wanted a father character rather than an older brother. Turns out all they wanted was ass.
Also the game itself is pretty bad and plays like an obscure ps2 game, automata is much more polished.

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except it is?
it sold the same amount of copies(1 mil) in slightly more time than automata(1.5 months for automata, 2 months for replicant)
and it sold double of what the original PS3 game sold in a decade

This.

Automata was always just mediocre in gameplay. Not bad, but far from good. But it made up for it in spades with coomerbait.

Because it's a remake not a original game.