>>41590945Gen 8 will box you in with dead online once most people move to the next
It isn't a sports game where you can have 3 quick matches with some third worlder a day and justify its price
Pokemon games require time to build your party/finish the game/access endgame mons and items
If little Timmy age 10 or Normalfag Jones age 27 want a game they aren't going to choose last year's fad with dwindling online numbers, they'll go to the newest games all social media is gushing about
And once the masses move to the next game the free advertising stops and the game's most ardent defenders are drown out, inevitably hurting its legs