>>39814444>How they fair in competitive play is a thing tooHow pokemon fare in competitive play doesn't sell a new game.
They fact is that they have absolutely nothing meaningful to show beyond miniscule changes, and the hardcore fanbase has been burnt by the single biggest fuckup in the history of the franchise. They've cut features down to the bone and now, months away from release, they're realizing that they have nothing to sell this game with.