Handhelds are a completely different ballpark and can't be held to the same standards as consoles."
What about Revelations?"
Japan is failing.The CoD rage is breaking every developer and making them change games just to suit them.
Resident Evil adds more action, Mass Effect adds an "action" gameplay mode."
You can't just bring in new IPs and expect people to come running to buy your console. As was stated before by multiple people, it's about advertising, appealing to locale(knowing what it is that area of consumers wants).
It's all about favoratism and simplicity these days... at least in america. Look at Mass Effect 3 and Resident Evil:ORC, they both abandoned their core values(more RE than ME), they were originally RPG's(Role Playing Games) but because there was too much reading, dialogue, picking weapons for bosses or big enemy battles, or just using strategy to win instead of forcing your way through levels with overpowered weapons, America complained.
Bioware(I should say EA) and Capcom(I should say Slant Six) both know that America has the biggest potential for sales, so they added the "high-octane shooting" to the classic games that us, now growing smaller, RPG/Horror fans love and value.
I'm getting off topic here.After everthing I've said there really is no conclusive point. But are people so narrowminded that all they want is a $60 dollar explosion?
http://www.screwattack.com/news/north-america-blame-resident-evil-ditching-survival-horror



I'm done feeding the flamer."