>>52212503Game Freak would lose everything at that point, if they make their disposability even more obvious there wouldn't be any remaining reason for Nintendo to not axe them off and hand their IP to another more qualified studio. Making these games directly is the only way they can keep their share of the profit pie, outsourcing the games would kill any creative involvement with the franchise, literally any side-project made by another studio has way more quality than the core series itself, anime and movies also included, these shitty games is all that GF has to offer.