I blame PlayStation fanboys for helping write off JRPGs. For years they demonized and ostracized anything that wasn't an AAA cinematic experience. Now they wonder why the genre became niche on PlayStation while other platforms embraced it.
Sony fumbled the JRPG bag so badly. they had exclusivity from Atlus and Square Enix and it went to shit because the average PlayStation player just does not play JRPGs oh my god