>>44522789Isn't that already happening? The backlash to SWSH is culmination of GF's repeated failures. The fact that the shill countercampaign happened at all seems like pretty good evidence of how bad things are for the franchise. I'm not sure GF could make a good game even if they wanted to.
When the games first came out I watched Skulshurtugal's playthrough (he's a pretty big shill), and I was struck by how he constantly had to announce to himself and the viewers how much fun he was having, and how great the game is. Even the people who want to like the game are incredibly insecure about it.