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Re:Nintendo Announces Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield by adamch on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @12:53PM (#19265271)
Probably because many people loved BOTW and it was wildly successful, both critically and financially. So there's clearly a market for that style of game among Switch users.
Re:Nintendo Announces Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield by uodtl on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @12:54PM (#19265290)
Sure, but I'm interested in getting a good Pokémon game. I don't care what the market wants. Of course, the market will win, that's how all franchises get ruined.
Re:Nintendo Announces Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield by chimeracoder on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @01:11PM (#19265459)
> Of course, the market will win, that's how all franchises get ruined.

"The market" is how all franchises become franchises in the first place.