Arcanir
An old friend evolved
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Basically, it's as Irene said, they didn't program the game to accept any new content. IIRC, the thing with patches is that it alters and builds upon existing data, so it doesn't add anything new to the game that has to be considered. Entirely new content on the other hand isn't supported because the games weren't designed to support future content like that. There's no placeholder data for them to add it in with, so adding even something like a new move wouldn't work since the game doesn't have the ability to have it placed into the data and used as a result. So XY and ORAS are in a position where they can't be updated with new content, which means that if you want those new Megas or the like, you have to buy the next game, you can't expect them to patch up the one(s) you have and get them through trades or something.