The Palworld vs Pokemon debate is getting muddied. It ultimately comes down to this:
Pokemon has failed to innovate in any way for 20+ years. They could have branched any number of ways and had massive success, but they didn't.
Palworld explored just one branch and blew up.
@Eromina_Mutairu Don't think it was a failure, just had bad luck with injuries. It could have been something
Maybe a failure in correcting the course? But again just bad luck