>>56105065pretty much this. even in the handheld days, Pokemon games always lagged behind graphically relative to the hardware. it's just back then the gap wasn't as wide as it is now. the better hardware gets, the more you can see gamefreak's flaws. they were already struggling on the 3ds judging by the performance issues in those games, and then they had to make the leap to full scale HD console games. all they really have to do is hire new people or outsource part of the work to another studio, but the thing is...people keep buying it anyway. if there was any impact on the sales that they believed was because of the graphics, they would probay just hire some more experienced devs to help them. but why would they bother if it's gonna sell like hotcakes anyway? with Swsh, you could maybe write it off because people were excited for the first console Pokemon game and still willing to give gamefreak the benefit of the doubt while they transitioned onto console. but then SV looked like shit too and didn't show any improvement, and it STILL sold like hotcakes. so I doubt they will be motivated to change anytime soon. not until it starts affecting sales.
