For (C)RPGs the problem might be that developers try to give players so much freedom that the character ends up being more of a blank slate, and it is pretty di

For (C)RPGs the problem might be that developers try to give players so much freedom that the character ends up being more of a blank slate, and it is pretty difficult to write meaningful development for that. And even when the character is not a blank slate then it might be something very bland/average so that most people can identify with and immerse in that character. As it turns out, most people don't really seem to want to play a role, they want to play their own thing which is very different. Think how much character development a play writer can write if they expect the actors to form their characters on a whim? And the actors being not professional ones who would be very good at it but your average common people.