Why change genre for a sequel?

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When you play a Dead Space game it’s a fantastic third person horror game, so why is the Wii spinoff/sequel an on rails shooter?

When Capcom announce new Resident Evil games on the Wii why are they on rails shooters? Resident Evil is a third person survival horror game!

When certain games get portable spinoff or sequels why is the gameplay completely changed into a card based system? Fans would have gotten really excited for a proper Metal Gear Solid game on the PSP, but instead they get a card game and while Ac!d was fun, it wasn’t Metal Gear.

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