>>55624315you'd be surprised. i didn't personally buy swsh or sv, but while now i actually don't want to because of how bad i know the games to be and i dislike the tate of the franchise, when they came out i definitely would've bought them if i could. i didn't only because i was broke and didn't know how to pirate yet, although i actually bought legends arceus but i mostly regret it now haha.
not to get philosophical or anything but look at thriving industries and products like gambling and alcohol, which heavily rely and thrive due to people's general lack of self-control. with that in this perspective it's no surprise how many people still support pokemon financially despite internally or even vocally criticizing it
