It's not a storage issue.
>>However, since Gear Project is notably Team 1 as opposed to Team 2, Onoue said, “Game Freak as a company is prioritizing Gear Project… more than Pokémon in general. We are always trying to create something that is equally exciting, or more exciting than Pokémon.”>https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/2019/05/22/game-freak-wants-to-make-a-game-more-exciting-than-pokemon/Gamefreak put Pokemon on the backburner so they could work on fucking Town.
It's not about balance, it's not about storage, it's not about anything but Gamefreak being shit developers who can't properly handle the biggest IP ever.