Why was the 3rd game of every series discontinued?

May. 22, 2018

RBY Gen I —> FRLG (idk)missing Yellow

GSC Gen II(?) —> HGSSmissing Crystal

RSE Gen III —> ORAS Gen VImissing Emerald, added XY

Gen IV’s DPPt had no secondary series, and B2W2 was an"upgraded"version of BW, just like SM —> USUM.

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There is no confirmed answer to this, but my guess is that some of the newer games didn’t have enough content that could make a third game special enough to justify making one, when you could save time by making two. Most of the games that came out after they took away a third game excluding X and Y have gotten remakes as the games after them like Black and White 2 Ultra Sun and Moon, so I don’t think the concept is completely lost. Hope I helped cure some of your curiosity I’m sure there’ll be other answers with other points of view.