>>723641415
>Original games (Cyber Sleuth) are generally perceived as good quality for what they offer, people who played them give positive word of mouth
>Both it and the sidequel (Hacker's Memory) got put in a collection that regularly goes on very steep sales (you can currently get them both in the Complete Edition on keysites for less than £4, which is unbelievably good value for hours played since the two games together can easily last 100+ hours)
>Complete Edition of Cyber Sleuth has also been made available on essentially every modern platform at this point, including PC and Switch
>sequel was rumoured and discussed for a long time, finally gets announced (Time Stranger)
>comes out with no delays and receives positive reviews
It turns out that if you make a pretty good game, sell it cheap to as many people as possible over a long time, and then make a pretty good sequel, the sequel does well.
