Presented without commentAre you guys wondering on how Japan is feeling on Dexit?
Morale of Gamefreak employees is at an all time low
Presented without commentAre you guys wondering on how Japan is feeling on Dexit?
I can see why. Town wasn't recieved very well, and more people than ever are angry at Pokemon. They split their resources to pursue something new, and not only did that new thing not pan out, but the decision to split in the first place likely contributed to Dexit, which could potentially be a permanent stain on their golden goose. If I fucked up that hard, I would be depressed as shit too.
It feels like a lose-lose, cuz a delay is arguably even worse from a business perspective, if preferable for fans (at least in retrospect). A delay is missing out a lot of potential cash in exchange for recapturing an insignificant fraction of lost buyers from dexit.I can see why. Town wasn't recieved very well, and more people than ever are angry at Pokemon. They split their resources to pursue something new, and not only did that new thing not pan out, but the decision to split in the first place likely contributed to Dexit, which could potentially be a permanent stain on their golden goose. If I fucked up that hard, I would be depressed as shit too.
On the one hand, I feel bad for them, because they were punished for trying to do what they wanted to do. On the other hand, Pokemon is one of the goldenest geese around, so any decision that puts it in jeopardy is, from a business perspective, unimaginabley idiotic.
Even if it was a separate team, that's still manpower that could be allocated to work on SwSh. Though the backlash is probably the main thing, I agree. They've never had to deal with backlash this severe.Town was done by a separate team at GF, I assume it’s moreso fan outrage hurting the SwSh devs in particular
A game delay is nearly impossible with all of the moving parts. There's an anime that'd need a filler season, a TCG set that'd be delayed, a manga that'd extend its current arc, a small country's worth of merchandise that'd be put on hold...It feels like a lose-lose, cuz a delay is arguably even worse from a business perspective, if preferable for fans (at least in retrospect). A delay is missing out a lot of potential cash in exchange for recapturing an insignificant fraction of lost buyers from dexit.
Town was done by a separate team at GF, I assume it’s moreso fan outrage hurting the SwSh devs in particular
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See that's what the staff Assassin's Creed kept doing, and it ended in a drop in quality, sales and goodwill from the fansIt feels like a lose-lose, cuz a delay is arguably even worse from a business perspective, if preferable for fans (at least in retrospect). A delay is missing out a lot of potential cash in exchange for recapturing an insignificant fraction of lost buyers from dexit.
And why did they figure that the jump to Switch would be the best time for it? Because they're spreading their attention to other games and want to invest less in the core Pokemon series?Also, I'm pretty sure Gamefreak didn't do this because they're incompetent or lazy or whatever people are saying. It had to happen eventually, and they probably figured the jump to the Switch was a good time to establish "not all Pokemon are usable in any given game" as the new standard going forward.
- It's not just that single tree, it's the whole game. That tree is just an example of the poor graphics that players will be seeing throughtout the whole game, if the demo's are anything we can go off of (and if not then why did they show them?).and then some guy says that this one tree looks ugly.
I would iterate on this and it's one of the points I do agree the most on.- The games are more expensive due to being a console game. The core games becoming more expensive is not something that's going to put people in the mood to accept a cut of content and an obvious decrease of effort put in the game by the developers.
Oh shit that last one explains the Unova bias. I dislike most Unova mons, so many of them are only "underrated" because they are just plain badly designed. And the ones I really loved? Volcarona, Lurantis, Archeops, Eelektross, Scolipede just gone. Not a single one of my top 10 favourites made it through. They snapped all the cool bugs, all the UBs, so many actually underrated mons like Aggron. I've grown up with mons, I literally learned to read with a poster of the first 151, and I was ready to buy a switch just for Gen 8, but this is where it ends. The franchise has died to me and I'll stick to playing ADV-based romhacks and competitive RBY.
A Home delay, however, is a perfectly viable option. Work on NatDex, and then release Home when it's done -- it's not as though it matters until Home releases anyway.A game delay is nearly impossible with all of the moving parts. There's an anime that'd need a filler season, a TCG set that'd be delayed, a manga that'd extend its current arc, a small country's worth of merchandise that'd be put on hold...
Yeah, this is the big problem - they simply can't take more time to do things because of the significant money loss they'd suffer.A game delay is nearly impossible with all of the moving parts. There's an anime that'd need a filler season, a TCG set that'd be delayed, a manga that'd extend its current arc, a small country's worth of merchandise that'd be put on hold...
I believe it's been confirmed that it is.Why are we assuming "Game freak tried to update all of the pokemon models and animations, but ran out of time and had to settle for Dexit :(" is correct? From their interviews it seems much more likely to me that they started working on the game with the dex cut as a conscious design decision. If that's what happened it's pointless to expect a patch or DLC. The only hope is that the backlash was sufficient for them to revert their design philosophy. Do we think gen 9 is already in development?
Why are we assuming "Game freak tried to update all of the pokemon models and animations, but ran out of time and had to settle for Dexit :(" is correct? From their interviews it seems much more likely to me that they started working on the game with the dex cut as a conscious design decision. If that's what happened it's pointless to expect a patch or DLC. The only hope is that the backlash was sufficient for them to revert their design philosophy. Do we think gen 9 is already in development?
Honestly, at this point, I wouldn't even know which of the 2 is true.I believe it's been confirmed that it is.
Should have clarified -- I meant it's been confirmed that gen 9 has started development.Honestly, at this point, I wouldn't even know which of the 2 is true.
Oh, yes, in that case it was indeed confirmed officially by them, just last week iirc.Should have clarified -- I meant it's been confirmed that gen 9 has started development.
Because no matter the reason, you don't say that you ran out of time, it would sound like you are not in control. You have to tell everybody that it was a thoughful choice.Why are we assuming "Game freak tried to update all of the pokemon models and animations, but ran out of time and had to settle for Dexit :(" is correct? From their interviews it seems much more likely to me that they started working on the game with the dex cut as a conscious design decision. If that's what happened it's pointless to expect a patch or DLC. The only hope is that the backlash was sufficient for them to revert their design philosophy.
But that would depend on the player's priorities on a game.I hope that, when the reviews come out, that dexit does not end up distracting reviewers from the game's real issues.
Yeah, Game Freak could re-add all the Pokemon in a future game or patch or whatever. But that will not, for me, intrinsically make the games better. I want better games, not necessarily more Pokemon. Maybe that is controversial, I do not know. But I like playing good games.
Uh, of course its hard to predict how the game itself will be when it releases. But here I am speaking just on what game freak has chosen to show us. I have yet to see a single screen shot or trailer that actually impresses or excites me yet.
I mean look at this
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This is a real screenshot from a game made in 2019 on the Nintendo Switch for the biggest media franchise on the planet.
I dont want to sound too negative but I also do not want Game Freak to be like 'look we fixed it' by just porting the rest of the pokemon's models and calling it a day.
I think you pretty much nailed it. A huge part of the appeal of Pokemon is the endless selection of characters to choose from. It gives the games virtually limitless replay whether you play casual or competitive. The cross gen connectivity makes Pokemon games unique next to other RPGs and is a huge reason why these games hold their value for decades. Halo 3 is 5 dollars now, Pokemon Diamond is still 35 bucks."I couldn't care less about graphics; apart from the Dexit the game seems to be actually quite good... which makes the feeling about the Dexit worse"