From there it became clear that Japanese creators were making 'Japanese things' and those things were selling overseas. Everyone realized that with NieR.

Look I'm not knocking this guy but Nintendo and Final Fantasy have consistently sold like hotcakes lol.

And Final Fantasy 15, which is about a Japanese boy band looking for a wedding dress and fighting turtles that take 72 hours of real time, came out the year before Nier: Automata.

From there it became clear that Japanese creators were making 'Japanese things' and those things were seling overseas. Everyone realized that with NieR.

Look I'm not knocking this guy but Nintendo and Final Fantasy have consistently sold like hotcakes lol.

And Final Fantasy 15, which is about a Japanese boy band looking for a wedding dress and fighting turtles that take 72 hours of real time, came out the year before Nier: Automata.