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Pineapple on 16 August 2009
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I'm not really going to argue what you just said. Sorry. I'm rather going to argue the sales part.

1. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl isn't going to sell just barely better than Ruby. It looks to be selling a good 1.3-1.5M this year (600-800K more), and it should sell at least a million and a half in the future. I consider the likely range for D/P to be around 19-20 million. That's in the middle of Ruby (15.4M) and Gold (23M). Calling it selling a small bit better than its predecessor is silly.

2. Platinum is selling fantastically well. It's not selling poorly, as you seem to claim. You have to compare it to the other 3rd wheelers

Yellow sold 14.5M. That, as Red/Blue, is not going to be achieved again. Crystal (3rd wheel on the wagon to Gold/Silver) sold 6.4M, and Emerald (3rd to Ruby/Sapphire) sold 6.3M. Platinum is at 5.6M already. There's no doubt it will pass 8M, and 10M is actually possible.

The three DS main Pokemons (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum) are actually looking as if they could sell more than the three GBC ones (Gold, Silver, Crystal). That's hardly a drop in the sales of the series!

3. If you compare it to the GBA gen, and include all the spinoffs, there's a major increase. The DS games have already sold 38M, and should easily pass 50M. If HG/SS sells as well as Fire Red/Water Blue did, it will pass 60M with ease. The GBA ones totalled out 33M. Sure, there are more games on the DS one, but in overall sales, Pokemon is definitely growing. In fact, the total sales of the 4th gen of Pokemon are likely to be larger than any previous gen, including the 1st gen!

Pokemon is not by any means dying in sales.