>>19291626Savers was successful. Sales of merchandise during the Savers era was much higher than that of Frontier. We've even seen a ton of Digimon vidya released during the Savers period too including the DS games and an MMORPG that sill running to this day. The best part is that every Savers-era game was localized including the shitty PS2 game. It was a miracle that Savers did as well as it did since ratings of long running anime, such as Detective Conan and Pokemon, were at a low. Also, Xros aired shortly after Savers ended. If Savers were a flop, then they wouldn't have been so quick to invest in Xros.
tl;dr Savers saved the franchise, but Xros fucked it up. Xros should've been 50 episodes like all the other series. It overstayed its welcome.