>>35928851The fans will play Pokemon no matter what the game is like, no matter the cheap practice, because they aren't playing it because it has something they're looking for, they're playing it because it's called Pokemon. It's to feel like you're a part of something big, to go into something knowing you don't have to worry about the fanbase dying out.
GameFreak can literally make the Sonic 06 of Pokemon games, and it is destined to make more money than most franchises can in a decade or their entire lives.