""They could put the Pokemon name on anything and it will sell millions" Why doesn't this apply to spin-off games?"

I keep seeing people say the title quote in response to the sales of Pokemon Sword/Shield. Every time a mainline Pokemon game looks bad before release, fans will moan that it will sell well anyways because "a bag of shit could be given the Pokemon label and it will sell millions"... yet meanwhile in the spin-off fandoms the Ranger fandom is devastated by the series being killed of because the last game sold poorly and the PMD fandom is often worried about the series selling well and being able to continue. The fact that PMD game sales don't even compare to mainline games is also confusing.. and it's the biggest non-mobile game spin-off Pokemon franchise.I even see spin-off ideas for, say, another Stadium game get shot down because 'it wouldn't sell well' so where's the consistency?This gives the impression that the Pokemon fandom is exceptionally dismissive of spin-offs, especially since with all the GameFreak criticism it seems like it would be the perfect time to support the spin-off games which are all not developed by GF but there's been little coverage on them. Meanwhile Mario fandom loves their Paper Mario and Mario Kart games and Kirby spin-offs like Epic Yarn and Air Ride have become more mainstream than most of the actual Kirby main series. It's pretty tempting for me to make a sassy twitter user comment like "lmao Pokemon fandom don't like trying new things". Of course, dedicated Pokemon fans who love going critic mode on social media don't make a very large percentage of the Pokemon player population so what's stopping the clueless casual gamers and parents from picking up random Pokemon games on the store that happen to be spin-offs? via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2YPkvWm