Contrary to what many lefties would tell you, queer is niche. Niche content should do well with the demographic it targets, but expecting it to have broad appeal is unrealistic.
Broad as in large or wide, not as in women, though queer content does appeal to women more than men.
It's impossible for a niche product to stay niche. Eventually whoever runs the studio (or more often takes it over) decides they want to appeal to normies and they destroy the product's original appeal. These days they add the step of calling their original customers bigots when it inevitably bombs.
Contrary to what many lefties would tell you, queer is niche. Niche content should do well with the demographic it targets, but expecting it to have broad appeal is unrealistic.
Broad as in large or wide, not as in women, though queer content does appeal to women more than men.
It's impossible for a niche product to stay niche. Eventually whoever runs the studio (or more often takes it over) decides they want to appeal to normies and they destroy the product's original appeal. These days they add the step of calling their original customers bigots when it inevitably bombs.