>>45070104>forgetting publisher's cut>forgetting console sales alongside that>forgetting Pokémon has driven the Switch to record holiday unit sales since starting to appear on the system>>45070098Like I said, not an option - they refer Pokémon boosting unit sales of hardware as often as possible and we all know GF hired new staff recently, so it's not as if they're gonna be squeezed for staff. Shit, it's obvious they use GF to consistently have a market share for themselves at christmas - they know their own dev cycles are fucky (Bayo 3/MP4 vaporware, AC delayed to fuck, as they needed extra time to gut it), can't rely on themselves. Which is where Game Freak come in.