>>33624037More fun maths. Here's how the average release period has changed over time
>B: 231 Days (0.6 Years)>Y: 464 Days (1.27 Years) Total: 928>GS: 454.33 Days (1.24 Years) Total: 1363>C: 438 Days (1.2 Years) Total: 1752>RS: 491.8 Days (1.35 Years) Total: 2459>FRLG: 482.17 Days (1.32 Years) Total: 2893>E: 446.29 Days (1.22 Years) Total: 3124>DP: 483.25 Days (1.32 Years) Total: 3866>Pt: 509.11 Days (1.39 Years) Total: 4582>HGSS: 494.6 Days (1.36 Years) Total: 4946>BW: 483.37 Days (1.32 Years) Total: 5317>BW2: 496.75 Days (1.36 Years) Total: 5961>XY: 495.15 Days (1.36 Years) Total: 6437>ORAS: 488.71 Days (1.34 Years) Total: 6842>SM: 504.67 Days (1.38 Years) Total: 7570>USM: 495.88 Days (1.36 Years) Total: 7934The average has been about 1.36 since DP, with it really settling down since BW2. Noteworthy is them consistently hitting November since ORAS, and Oct-Nov since XY. Before that Fall was still the most popular time to release, with it always being when they released a new gen except for the very first. It only happened two other times, with FRLG and BW2. Hitting another Fall 2018 would bring things down to the lowest since ORAS which were the lowest since BW2, but waiting another year would also bump it up to the upper end of the averages too. Highest since Pt. Either one fits the data, but if they don't make 2018, we're not likely to see them until Fall 2019. Either of which wouldn't be unexpected. The most important note is that there is no consistent pattern, either in the short or long term. Averages went down or maintained from Gen 1-2, 4-5, and 5-6, and went up from Gen 2-3, 3-4, and 6-7. The only real thing to think about is they usually go up across hardware jumps, but not always and we're still at only 2 vs 1 there in either case.
So shut the fuck up. The past numbers don't matter here, but how the actual development was happening might, which is much harder to nail down.
