>>58688711sure, but SMT has a budget.
SV was literally made on the price of 2 shovel knight treasure trove editions.
The franchise is huge, but the actual game budgets are surprisingly tiny for AAA title.
Which means Pokemon is closer to a very large budget AA game that subsequently also sells astronomically high, but doesn't get to benefit from AA's more relaxed release schedules, since it MUST stay lockstep with the rest of the brand.
