>>42045507Masters DID fail. It actually failed massively. The hype behind the idea of a Pokemon gacha focused on trainers was massive. On the first day it hit #3 on the Japanese appstore despite the game being mocked and criticized literally everywhere. That's why DeNA had to publicly apologize for the poor launch and promise they'd work hard on making improvements. Why are you trying to rewrite history? Why do you think we're being showered with gems and free legendaries? They're trying to save the game. It's working ok but it's not having enough of an effect for the game to actually be considered "not a failure" yet.
So yes. At launch Pokemon Masters was a massive failure. As of this very moment, it's still considered a failure. Can it change? Sure. But something drastic would have to happen. And if not Giovanni & Mewtwo was enough to generate hype for people to come back. There's no chance of literally just Solgaleo doing it. That is the cold hard truth.