>>41231724>the seed of thinking a company is incompetent can kill a company over timeI think it is even worse in case of Game Freak, though, as throughout those past generations they relied on playerbase having this veil of eternal hopefulness draped over their eyes. Games became less and less balanced, more and more Pokemon became utterly useless, new gimmicks becoming more and more limited, but Pokemon fans still held out with a hope for something better down the lane.
Now that veil of hopefulness had been torn off, leaving many not only exposed to the image of GF's newfound incompetence, but also remembering that enduring incompetence from the past.