It's 65% stronger. There is no modifier for success based on smaller userbases.

Additionally, even if you did want to make a parallel comparison, parallel sales velocity is not an accurate way to appreciate sales velocity.

For example, when Breath of the Wild sold 925,000 on a userbase of 906,000 consoles, that doesn't mean that Pokemon is less successful than Breath of the Wild because if it fails to sell 103% the userbase, or ~46,000,000 during the first month. As userbase increases, the percent of userbase who will purchase a title drops. If Breath of the Wild launched today and Switch sales were the same, chances are it would be a lot higher than 925K during the first month, but it would be much closer to the 925K than to 46M.

Idk the answer for your question in regards to the anime and stuff. That's something in relation to production and planning and Idk how that works for the anime if the games and other products are involved. Unfortunately, none of us work in these fields or truly understand how much the staff go through in developing the projects for a franchise like Pokemon. And budget and time are something to consider as well. All sounds easy right?

Pokemon is the biggest multimedia franchise in the world. The video game franchise is 2nd biggest behind Mario. Money and budget should not be an issue whatsoever. They have all the resources they could ever want. They can easily hire more staff and developers so that they can make the games fans want within their deadlines.

They can also simply give themselves more time to make the games. And if that means delaying the other aspects of the franchise like the anime, the TCG, and merchandise, then so be it. Pokemon sells itself at this point and they'll more than be able to afford it. And the long term benefits would be well worth it. It worked out beautifully for Zelda with Breath of the Wild. Why can't the same be done for Pokemon?

Botw came after SS, which was critically mixed by fans and sold poorly 

So Nintendo listened to fan feedback, took their time in making the next game the best it can be. And look what happened.

So again, I ask. Why can't the same be done for Pokemon?

It’s possible, but is more likely when a Pokémon game fails in sales. Hasn’t happen yet, and I doubt it will ever happen. It’s just not a good business move to change the formula now the way it is 

The point is that failure/disappointment is the prerequisite for a change to occur, so Sword/Shield is the game that has to underperfom to make the next one better. Sword/Shield wasn't going to get the BotW treatment.

So the thing to watch is how the shipments of Sword/Shield develop after its launch quarter because the initial shipments won't be a good indicator.

The Sonic 06 moment being inevitable is a very overdramatic statement. Sword/Shield is the first 3D mainline Pokémon with a free camera, so it posed a bigger challenge than future games will. Insufficient planning led to time constraints, so some aspects of the graphics (like the often mentioned trees) couldn't be properly finished because other things were more important. I doubt that GameFreak will just sit there and decide to do the same thing again for the next game.

Additionally, Nintendo's corporate goal puts the value of their IPs at the center, so they'll keep an eye on execution and reception of their IPs, and reception means more than just sales alone. I don't think Nintendo will neglect Pokémon to the point of a freefall into Sonic 06 territory. If GameFreak can't solve the deficiencies in the graphics like the pop-ins themselves, then they are going to get help to focus on gameplay and content.