How did Pokémon, the most successful media franchise in the world, go from making greatness, to making Scarlet and Violet? The creators know what’s happening...
The masses don’t seem to understand that not every piece of media related to a franchise you enjoy is good. More of a thing isn’t always good. They will keep pumping out progressively worse and worse garbage because the fans will slurp up anything with the right branding.
Same reason why movies are becoming more and more dumb shallow “spectacles” that can barely hold the audience’s micro attentions. No substance because it might scare away the box office numbers on opening week.
Expecting a bit much from people.
The masses don’t seem to understand that not every piece of media related to a franchise you enjoy is good. More of a thing isn’t always good. They will keep pumping out progressively worse and worse garbage because the fans will slurp up anything with the right branding.
Same reason why movies are becoming more and more dumb shallow “spectacles” that can barely hold the audience’s micro attentions. No substance because it might scare away the box office numbers on opening week.
All of this is fundamentally the truth