>>42506054A mixture of low standards and high insecurity.
Pokemon games offer a false sense of security with their non-existant difficulty, social hugboxes and childish style.
There is no skill involved, just put in money and time and you are set.
There was a time when GF tried to create new battle facilities, but they just gave up and recycle the tower everytime, where you just need time and luck. There are online competitions for everything else.
That's also why a lot of anons here claim to hate MMOs and competitive, the very idea of direct confrontation is toxic to most of them.
Gen VI was really the point of no return.