>>714809907
>Takayoshi Sato leaving KCET entirely midway through 3's development for one thing
> it's one of the most well known things about SH3 and the reason why it diverted to a rail
The SH3 starting off as a rail-shooter is well known,
but nowhere has Sato leaving been cited as a major reason.

Nor does it change the SH's own sub-culture that was already blooming beautifully come 2003, nor the obvious influence the franchise already had on the gaming and other sub-culture phenomena. There's more games trying to be the "next Silent Hill" than a blatant RE knockoff.

>For the 95% of the audience watching the film (normalfags), that became Silent Hill.
The entire theater was filled with goth and emo chicks (and guys) when I went to watch the premiere. That was the target audience of SH at the time.
Normalfags didn't give a shit about it. And I mean even less so than they did for the RE movies.

>>714810674
The very common misconception that the term "psychological horror" wasn't even invented nor used by TS before SH2 came to be, and that the word would refer to the James' ailing mental health being reason for the weird shit.

Yes, that sort of pseudo shit has plagued the fanbase practically since social media came to be.

>>714811617
>[citation really fucking needed]