In my opinion the problem is not that it is an anthology, the problem is that LiS 2 is an exaggeratedly inferior game to its predecessor in every way (feelings, plot, impact, life lessons, romance). But yes, at the sales level LiS 2 has been an absolute failure for the saga if you compare it with the sales of LiS 1 and even with the sales of BtS. Is LiS a dead saga right now? I don't know, I would like to think that the saga is still alive and they will try to resurrect it with a new installment of Life is Strange with a much better plot and with better characters, but honestly, I think that at this point the only way to save the saga is making Max or Chloe reappear in some way, i think a new game where you control Max and at the beginning of the game they ask you if you want to play the Bae route or the Bay route would be awesome, that would be like 2 games in 1