Pokemon Sword and Shield remain top-sellers in Japan months after release

Compared to the other main games

It’s really not

It’s missing so much, not just “oh they are missing Pokemon”, that was one of many issues.

Face it, the game is bare bones and not at all what could have been if they actually put some effort into the franchise but it shows Pokemon can get a free pass at it’s worse so now GameFreak won’t even bother anymore.