>>39068531>fucked themselves>printing $$$ from games, cards, merchandise, tv, etc.No, this was the plan. It's no different than any other series that shits out a game every 1-2 years, people just gave it a pass because muh nostalgia.
The only difference is that where those series upgraded typically in visuals with slight alterations in gameplay (marketed as "improvements"), Pokemon upgraded by adding 100 new shitmons every gen. Pick your poison.