Final Fantasy 16 was announced

[ElazulHP]

I don't think turn based is dead or niche but the Persona series is hardly a good example of turn based combat being popular.

Persona could be an action RPG series and would still sell just as much.

My case in point, the SMT franchise has been overshadowed by the Persona franchise for years now, despite the Persona franchise initially debuting as a spin-off of the former.

The social / high school setting of Persona just really resonates with people, regardless of the gameplay.

Then replace Persona with games from the franchises of Dragon Quest, Pokemon, Fire Emblem, etc. My point is there is a LOT of very popular turn based games that do very well and it pains me to see that form of gameplay get written off as "niche" or "outdated" when the genre is still extremely popular amonst many people and has titles that are considered some of the best games the past decade.

[Tranquilmelody7]

Then replace Persona with games from the franchises of Dragon Quest, Pokemon, Fire Emblem, etc. My point is there is a LOT of very popular turn based games that do very well and it pains me to see that form of gameplay get written off as "niche" or "outdated" when the genre is still extremely popular amonst many people and has titles that are considered some of the best games the past decade.

I agree.
I didn't really mean to argue or anything, just wanted to point that particular likelihood about Persona.