Quote Originally Posted by ty_taurus View Post
Except competitive Pokemon is actually quite deep and complex. Scarlet and Violet are literally glorified freshman-year game design student projects with the polish of a rotting wooden cabin, but the actual competitive gameplay experience has retained the same level of depth and complexity, if not more from what new moves, Pokemon, and mechanics have been added.
This is true. But most of the pokemon playerbase isn't the old school vets from back in the 90s who play competitive now a days and do nuzlockes and pokemon rom hacks, it's the latest generation of young kids, who are playing cus cute animals that fight. The main Audience plays it because ti's a shallow kids game. They may grow up or pivot while they;re young, and move into the more or less niche competitive scene and other sub communitires of pokemon.

So they're right, Pokemon proved shallow gameplay can and will sell.