The real reason for Game Freak's choice of visuals.

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Lonely_Dolphin said:

Darwinianevolution said:

Mobile is not a problem because it's eating into the mainline games' sales and profits. Mobile is a problem because it earns so much money from such a little investment that it makes the mainline games look unprofitable by comparison. And the money earned by mobile will go towards mobile, because business-wise, it's the most profitable choice to make, thus the mainline games won't see a single penny from Go's profits.

Surely there's no way Pokemon Home/Masters/etc. takes millions to make, like you said it's surely little investment. It's probably true that the mainline games make less money though has this been confirmed? Undoubtedly when Go first came out, but is this still the case? Even if it's true though, the mainline games still make plenty of money and are the reason all the anime/merch/card games/etc. exist so it's well worth investing into.

https://sensortower.com/blog/pokemon-go-revenue-august-2019

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-30-pok-mon-go-surpasses-usd3bn-lifetime-revenue

https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/71874/pokemon-go-collects-3-billion-in-lifetime-revenue/

Pokemon Go still makes money. And a lot of it. This is not going to stop just it's not in it's cenit.