Ereshkigal
Far too mouthy for my own good.
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A Pokémon game on the Switch would be a good reason to expect more sales, right?
No, it wouldn't.
The Pokemon series is a popular and long-lasting series... but even on the handheld platform, it typically pales in comparison to Mario and Zelda, especially some of the Mario spinoffs like Kart and Smash Bros. It does extremely well as a mobile game, but in terms of home console sales it's very close to flop territory. Even more so since it will be instantly overshadowed by Breath of the Wild, Skyrim, and Minecraft. For terms of games that are easy to pick up and play, relatively cheap, and a lot of fun... Pokemon would be in competition with Stardew Valley, which is a massive powerhouse of a game for something so cheaply made (and considered likely to unseat both Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons as the go-to farming game).
If Pokemon is to have any chance of competing at all rather than being buried before it even has a chance, it's going to need to come out of the gate swinging. It's going to need something to attract new players, those only vaguely familiar with it... and to be frank, the 3DS graphics and gameplay are not going to do the job. Especially since people can get the same experience on a cheaper system.
Nintendo and Game Freak know all of this already. That's why it is I'm willing to consider that even if they do port Sun and Moon over, what will be ported will be an overhaul and not the game we've been playing already.
I repeat: because they want to be the first to report it. If you find spectacular news, you're not gonna wait to give hungry fans something to discuss, you're gonna report it before someone else beats you to it. They don't care about fans, they care about scoops.
Which is why you should always take what they say with a grain of salt, no matter how many times they've been right. It's very, very easy to pull the wool over the eyes of a news agency that operates that way. Which is what caused their false prediction on Zelda.