What will Pokemon Switch be?

[caffeinade]

Lonely_Dolphin said:

caffeinade said:

The budget of a Pokemon game is almost non existent when compared to big titles.
Pokemon does not need microtransactions to be wildly profitable.

So you said we should expect microtransactions in your OP even while knowing this?

Pokemon could make insane profits, even if they were to sell the games in such a way that they do not directly profit from the game sales.
Pokemon is such a strong brand that the plushies and stuff, would still make them more money than most IP will ever make their owners.

Yet Game Freak and Nintendo seem to make money on the games, why would that be?
They are companies, designed to rake in as much cash as physically possible, and they will do what they must, to do so.