>>57015651I’m sure you have some valid points here, but overall I think you’ve made some rather hasty inferences, like attributing swings in sales figures to the outreach efforts more than is warranted (system install base tends to be more important, and second generations on the same hardware always seem to sell fewer units). Additionally, the reason for a lack of a third game or sequel to XY has been documented as Game Freak working on games like Tembo, Pocket Card Jockey, and one or two others.
Also, you tended not to focus on the actual content of the games very much. There are game features (besides selecting a player gender) that were designed to appeal (primarily) to women, such as contests, and I think examining why those features did or didn’t work should have been a part of the discussion.
