AngryBinacle
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It could weaken the name of the brand. The name stands for a certain quality.Why would they care? It makes them profit.
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It could weaken the name of the brand. The name stands for a certain quality.Why would they care? It makes them profit.
I can't see another PokePark game happening, nor a main series coming out outside of the holiday season.My predictions for Game Freak's release schedule after the end of Q2 2021:
- Q3 2021: Sinnoh remakes + PokéPark 4ever (a PokéPark 2 sequel for the Switch)
- Q4 2021: No new releases
- Q1 2022: Generation IX original games
- Q2 2022: No new releases (again)
- Q3 2022: No new releases (once again)
- Q4 2022: No new releases (once more)
- 2023: Generation IX upper games/sequels/Expansion Pass (whatever Game Freak wants to deliver)
Short-term profit that could very well damage the long-term profitability of the brand.Why would they care? It makes them profit.
I don't think that it would unless they go full EA.Short-term profit that could very well damage the long-term profitability of the brand.
Or if they get bought by EA. That would be any game fandom’s worst nightmare.I don't think that it would unless they go full EA.
Considering what they did to Origin and Bullfrog Studios, I agree.Or if they get bought by EA. That would be any game fandom’s worst nightmare.
With DLCs for land expansionI can't see another PokePark game happening, nor a main series coming out outside of the holiday season.
I don't think that it would unless they go full EA.
Dude, again, you don't know how bad things at EA are. If Pokémon was made by EA, they would be forced to speed up the development of the games until they kill the developer.Aren't they pretty much there already? They already pump out yearly sequels with minimal changes as well as mobile games full of microtransactions and gacha and other such horrible practices. How much further does Pokemon have to fall really? They're pretty close to rock bottom in that area, if not already there.
Eh... SwSh was, in my opinion, a rather hollow game that wasn't what it should have been, and was embroiled in online controversy during much of its release cycle. Yet it is one of the most successful Pokemon games to date. GO continually rakes in millions despite its microtransaction. I honestly don't think "microtransaction fueled garbage" is going to have a major impact on the brand or its reputation. I doubt most people care whether Pokemon pumps out cheap mobile games, unfortunately. Though, if UNITE sells poorly then I might have to eat my words here.Short-term profit that could very well damage the long-term profitability of the brand.
As much as I give GameFreak a hard time, I disagree here. Yes, some games like USUM and LGPE are rather uninnovative however, on the flip-side, I'd argue that SM and SwSh did a little bit more than "minimal changes" to the Pokemon formula. SwSh itself even seems like one of the more innovative Pokemon games now that I think about it, even if much of the innovation is focused on smaller things such as TRs or the mechanics of the PC.They already pump out yearly sequels with minimal changes
This is the best description of EA I have seen.EA doesn't just churn games out; they buy promising companies then gut them and leave a hollow skin-suit named after the old developer.
Pokémon regularly tweets about game release anniversaries without any hidden meaning, butIt's been pointed out by many other people that the Expansion Pass datamine showed Rampardos & Bastiodon are the only fossil Pokémon lines that are not going to be added to SwSh's Pokedex in Crown Tundra. I think that could ironically confirm that Gen IV remakes are in fact planned to come later this Gen, because if they weren't, you'd think they'd just include those two fossils along with all the others.
Then there was also this tweet in April:
There's a few other possible hints that were pointed out by HoopsandHiphop, like the new Regis & the whole Vespiquen Honey part of the Isle of Armor story, but I'm more inclined to say those might have been coincidental and/or planted.
Right now as things stand, my hope is that GameFreak/TPC have been listening to the requests all these years, and they've been saving DP remakes for 2021 which also happens to be the 25th anniversary of the series, and when the games do finally come out they will be much more polished & true to the originals than Let's Go was, and will turn out to have been well worth the long wait.
But, my fear is that those games were originally planned for Gen 7 (which would explain all the cryptic Sinnoh hints back then), but they ultimately went the way of Mega Flygon & Pokémon Z, and now that the series has transitioned to the Switch & uses a fully 3D engine, there are no longer any plans to remake Gen IV (at least not in the near future).
People compare studios to EA way too easily.
EA doesn't just churn games out; they buy promising companies then gut them and leave a hollow skin-suit named after the old developer.
Didn't they literally make people who wanted Mew on their copy of Let's Go pay ~45 bucks for the PokéBall Plus accessory?And that's the Sims, which isn't even one of the things EA is most infamous for. In no way can Game Freak's approach to competitive multiplayer be compared to the Battlefront 2 fiasco. GF have only made it easier and easier for more people to get involved in competitive with viable teams, and everyone has access to the same Pokémon, even if they don't buy the DLC, because you can still transfer Pokémon from old games, or trade, or take part in Max Raids hosted from The Isle of Armor. There's no such thing as a loot box or an in-game purchase with Pokémon. Cinderace with Libero is totally busted, and they gave that out for free, and it can be bred ad infinitum until everyone who wants one has one. You can always trade with someone who does have access to the DLC if you, say, want to have a Pokémon of yours learn one of the new tutor moves. Nothing is kept totally out of the hands of people who don't want to spend anything more than the initial price of the game, and you're not significantly disadvantaged for sticking to that option, either.
Didn't they literally make people who wanted Mew on their copy of Let's Go pay ~45 bucks for the PokéBall Plus accessory?
Not saying Game Freak is just as bad as EA (yet), but it's clear which direction they're moving in.