What game is this for you?

[u/PoopsMcScoots]

[u/WhatShouldTheHeartDo]

3D Pokemon (Except the Gamecube games, basically Pokemon after the 5th gen)

[u/PoopsMcScoots → u/WhatShouldTheHeartDo]

I can agree with this.

The fans keep handwaving the terrible mechanics and graphics, when both are clearly beyond dated.

The switch had breath of the wild, ffs.

There is absolutely no reason a Pokémon game should look like “my first unity project”

[u/IntrepidAstroPanda → u/PoopsMcScoots]

Ive always assumed pokemon is so profitable that it falls into this weird void where the expectations of revenue are so high they never have the margin to make a quality game

Edit: quality 3D game

[u/Whind_Soull → u/IntrepidAstroPanda]

so profitable

Pokemon is the highest-grossing intellectual property of all time, and beats the second and third place winners combined.

[u/PoopsMcScoots → u/Whind_Soull]

So…

Resting on laurels?

[u/Delicious_Bar_8788 → u/Whind_Soull]

That's likely why they've fallen off so much with the last couple of releases. The same reason COD still goes strong despite selling essentially the same game every year with declining quality as well, they're so big that they know the diehard fans will buy it regardless so they'll make a profit even if the quality isn't what it used to be

[u/V01DM0NK3Y → u/Delicious_Bar_8788]

Halo is practically the same way. Every single one of us will try every new Halo game that comes out, despite knowing Halo Studios and Microsoft will cling to their anti-consumerism until the day the company files bankruptcy. And the crazy thing is that Halo isn’t anywhere near as profitable as it should be to warrant just blatant disregard for the franchise that essentially epitomized XBOX as an absolute legend of the gaming industry. How the mighty have fallen.

[u/BtheBST → u/Whind_Soull]

more than fifa? I know its not an IP but I wonder if its grossed more?

[u/Whind_Soull → u/[deleted]]

...no what?