You think Hasbro’s confidence in G5 stems from how successful G4 was for them rather than the actual quality of G5 itself? Like maybe they think g4 wasn’t lightning in a bottle but because of their carefully cultivated marketing skills. Maybe they have a bit too much overconfidence in G5 because they’re looking at it through G4 glasses and the actual G5 product kinda sucks.
Not saying this is a certainty but from what I’ve seen so far, I can’t discount this as a theory.