Your original demographic has grown up now, GameFreak. It’s clear what they want now. It’s time for you to grow up too and stop being scared of embracing change.
Plus, you’ve got fucking Nintendo money, so budget is NO excuse
Why does every game have to have neon, cute, annoying bullshit cosmetics now. It’s a fucking war game. Even PUBG caved in and became an obnoxious dress-up game. Yea, really helps set the tone of abandoned, grim wasteland.
No one properly optimizes games anymore. Devs used to have to work with extreme limitations, and make the absolute best of what little they had.
Now with tech advancing quicker than people can keep up with and get accustomed to, and megacorporations like Microsoft prioritizing deadlines rather than overall quality (or the mental health of their developers), that doesn’t really happen any more.