Not just doing bare minimum fanservice and placating rabid die-hards. If you don't like the new direction of a new game, then don't buy it! That plain and stop trying to convince others and cry about how past Silent Hill games have been 3rd person, and this one might not be. I agree with what most have said tho, if technology will allow it, then do both perspectives, if not, then let the devs do whatever they want with it. Then you wouldn't have to have your character saying cheesy dialogue, you could just leave it to the NPC's, and maybe you could leave your character voiceless like Zelda, but then you could have simple options for what you want to say kinda like Mass Effect. It could be one of the best games ever made. I personally want them to make GTA 6 in first person.

First person doesn't automatically mean it will suck.