They took too fucking long to make 3.
The series was getting constant "spinoffs" that were integral to the story, so you had to play them if you wanted to understand what was happening. By the time 3 came out, the series was nowhere near as popular as it had been.
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I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs