I really don't think its just they want to mimic those games, but its also what people are talking about. To me that is like any industry out there, they are lemmings and will jump onto any bandwagon to try and turn a profit. I am pretty sure if those smaller studio games become popular like the mobile game market they will also have a "return to AAA" just like how Square/Enix announced they are returning to JRPG style games.
The other thing is with internet popularity they are also going to avoid anything dealing with controversial games, for it seems if the gaming public really gets upset and something in a video game the next development cycle has next to nothing dealing with anything remotely close to that mechanic.
The other thing is with internet popularity they are also going to avoid anything dealing with controversial games, for it seems if the gaming public really gets upset and something in a video game the next development cycle has next to nothing dealing with anything remotely close to that mechanic.