>>31672453In fairness, they kind of did that the last few generations by buffing some older Pokémon, by new evolutions, moves, abilities or megas, which makes them at least in line with most new Pokémon
The problem is that it's sporadic which they give buffs to. We're now at the point where Pelipper is used more than Gengar, Dragonite, Hydreigon, Salamence and Heatran because it got a sudden buff and they didn't.