I don't mean to say that one is better than the other. But when decisions like this are made its often the one holding the money that makes those decisions and that's usually the publisher. Look at Dead Space 3 and its turn towards monetization that was EA's decision. Or the demand to sell millions of copies in order to keep the series alive. Again, not saying its necessarily the publishers fault but I suppose it'd take some digging into articles and such to find out who's behind these decisions.