>>46401829>That's why people keep returning to it year after year, and why it sells 14-20 million units every game while everything that tries to compete fails.Bull. Fucking. Shit.
Pokemon is the titan it is now due to amazing marketing propelled by a craze started in 1997, and a steady stream of generational nostalgia has kept it alive and very well fed.
Even when the pokecraze died multiple kids grew up with the anime and merchandise has always sold like hot fucking bread.
You genuinely believe the average consumer of the games gives a single shit about competitive? The most effort that normies (the MAIN consumers of the main series, don't fucking kid yourself) put into the game is hunting for shinies, and even then it's not something that's very common.
