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Gen 5 proved to Gamefreak that removing side content and having an overbearing story can still make them a profit.
Gen 6 proved to Gamefreak that covering up the lack of content with gimmicks can still make them a profit.
Gen 7 proved that Gamefreak could just not try at all and still make a profit.
LGPE proved that Gamefreak can take away Pokemon-specific mechanics from a core Pokemon game and still make a profit.
GF got brand loyalists a long time ago.
