>>58533061>it's kinda flopping hardis it really? or is it just cope?
>A lot of hangers on from the original games are just too old to care about pokemona lot of hangers-on from the original games also still care about the merch and the TCG, which make up most of the pokemon revenue. and kids don't need to be "introduced" to pokemon by their parents, it's such a gigantic cultural phenomenon that they'll still be introduced one way or another, whether it be through cards, games, or something else.
allow me to repeat myself: even if the games are shit, people will buy them anyway, and even if it's not necessarily a huge commercial success, it doesn't matter anyway because the merch more than largely makes up for it. i don't think you really understand how much of an unstoppable force this franchise has become
