Forum:Could the Persona series swallow up the rest of the series?

Think of how Shin Megami Tensei started. Before that, it was just Megami Tensei games. But for whatever reason they decided to create what was then a spin-off series, Shin Megami Tensei, and after a few more games, it became so huge that it became the main series, swallowing up its ancestors, Megami Tensei. More spin-offs were to follow, most of which are now obscure. But, in 1996, one of the spin-off series that didn't fall into obscurity became a hit not just in Japan, but eventually in the West too. This, of course, is the Persona series. Nowadays, Persona is huge, and I mean it when I say it. I swear that Megami Tensei fans talk about it more than the main series, know more about it than the main series, and when someone says "Shin Megami Tensei", they'll probably think Persona. That worries me in a way. Atlus hasn't bothered to dedicate itself to continuing the main series since Strange Journey, and that SMT game for the 3DS still hasn't been identified (unless it turns out to be Devil Survivor 2). I worry that, in time, the Persona series will swallow up the Shin Megami Tensei part of the main series into obscurity and become the series, just like what happened to the original Megami Tensei. GalaxiaWild 08:48, November 13, 2011 (UTC)