https://youtu.be/N7nkvvIaBE0Maybe I'm optimistic, but to be fair the swsh controversy wasn't necesserely negative overall.
It awakened many people who will now not accept every bullshit from game freak, so pushing them to make better games in the future, hopefully nintendo also understood this and will help/force them to make an actual Game with a capital G now that they moved their offices together.
Plus lots of great new poketubers like DK or guy I linked are rising, winds of change are sweeping over the franchise.