Isn’t that the same type of thing we give crap to companies like EA and Activision for?
You know, not caring about the quality of a product and only caring about meeting deadlines for investors?
That's just one piece of the "***** you, EA" pie.
People just don't hate EA for rushing games. They hate them for loading their games with Activision, putting next to no soul and passion into their projects, and the games often just not even being fun in the end.
Making sure SwSh is out by Christmas this year isn't just because they want to please investors, it's because delaying the games will completely screw over several other companies with their own SwSh related media preparing to launch this holiday. Delaying the game would actually cause chaos for all the companies involved in the anime and all the various types of merch from toys to clothing, including all the investors of those companies and their employees.
It's not a matter of "If we delay the game we lose that holiday boost, but release a better game next year and ultimately get better publicity and sales."
It's a matter of "If we delay the game we destroy the entire holiday season plan for several other companies, piss off not only our own but other companies' investors, and damage the relationship the Pokemon Company (our superiors) have with the other media companies, with the reward of angry internet people being less angry."
If SwSh got delayed you'd see a bunch of gaming journalists and social media posters singing GameFreak's praises.
What you wouldn't see is the hundreds of higher ups and employees at different countries losing their minds, because their pay for the next year just got slashed to appease a vocal, but really small minority of Pokemon fans.
As for "not caring about quality," that's just incorrect.
While I'll still fault GameFreak for considering Mega Evolution a one-time gimmick when fan's loved it and cutting it, and for failing to give a good reason for the loss of the national dex, saying they are putting no love into these games at all is just ridiculous.
They didn't need to make wide open areas with free camera control.
They didn't need to bring back regional variants AND expand them beyond Gen 1.
They didn't need to make new evolutions for old Pokemon, something we haven't seen since Gen 4 and fans wanted ever since.
They didn't need to pay close attention to all the little details that help the worldbuilding, such as the sponsors on Leon's back.
They could've just made another game with some new Pokemon, a new story, fixed camera and linear routes, but they didn't because even if some of their passion is misguided, it's still there.