>>58416237DS is the console with the highest number of Pokemon game releases. I don't think potential customer base is that much larger now for Nintendo specifically. In general, there might be more gamers now(though I have my doubts about that premise), but that's just in general, mostly with PC gaming.
Animal Crossing can't have much of a cultural relevance because it's just a single game that got popular and hasn't done anything to sustain it. Sonic was going all in, it was Saga's THE cash cow, yearly game releases, comics, cartoons, everything. Animal Crossing isn't a franchise suited for that.
>A shit game like BDSP where there aren't even defenders for it still sold 15 million because it was released in the Switch eraThis is true but isn't that just further proof of Pokemon's growing popularity? That shitstain would not sell that much on DS. With a higher or at least comparable customer base. Pokemon is growing again.
