>>38992100In this case I believe in Occam's razor more. This thing sounds too convoluted to be true. I just think Masuda just spilled the beans by accident.
But the fact that Game Freak is tired of making Pokémon games shows all through their organization.
It's not a zero sum game if they sell their shares. They would receive a fuckhuge amount of money to be invested in next ventures and games such as Town, and pretty much anybody that gets that slice of the pie would make sure the next games are at least marginally better than what we got now. Everybody wins.