>>45467681They allot budget, determine development schedules, and ultimately decide if the quality of the game is fit to represent the franchise. Gamefreak would’ve been put out of its misery 5 years ago if TPCi thought it wasn’t the most cost effective solution to cheaply making millions of dollars, and you’re a seething retard if you can’t see who’s really responsible for allowing this garbage to continue. Inb4
>t-they own a third of TPCi!Wrong, they are one of three major companies that hold stake in TPCi. What is their stake? Definitely not a third holy shit it bugs me when people believe this
Yes, GameFreak is awful, this is not really disputable looking at any large modern franchise that isn’t Pokémon, but they CANNOT do better without the aid of more budget, less restrictive time allotments, more developers, and cannot help but develop the game to support a DLC model of a half empty game to be sold as is and completed with another purchase later, purchases of HOME subscriptions, or suggest more downloads of GO, because those directives are entirely up to the franchise, and not the developers.
