>>39934742The Pokemon Company wants to shift more to selling waifus since it's easier to consistently reach wallets of wealthy otaku this way.
Having to design and promote around 100 new creatures each generation is preceived as a waste of resources, especially when the legacy designs rake in most of the money anyway.
The reboot, soft or not, was bound to happen eventually, it just wasn't timed right. Masuda and GF were supposed to keep quiet about the national dex until the games released.
