Surprised no one ever talks about this when it comes to Game Freak:
https://jobtalk.jp/companies/23505/answersGame Freak is, surprise surprise, not that great of a company, scoring 2.85 stars on what is essentially the Japanese LinkedIn.
Compared to other big names in the industry:
>Nintendo: 4.75>Bandai Namco: 3.99>Sony: 3.73>Sega: 3.54>Square Enix: 3.49>Konami: 3.41>TPC (not Game Freak): 3.34>Capcom: 3.27>HAL Laboratories: 3.27>Koei Tecmo: 3.17>Falcom: 3.16>Cygames: 3.16>Atlus: 3.14>Arc System Works: 3.11When it comes to companies that work on massive franchises, Game Freak is pretty much bottom of the barrel. Other notable duds include Platinum Games (2.86), From Software (2.87), and Intelligent Systems (2.82) if you were curious.
