Earlier this month, it was discovered that a select few Pokemon Scarlet & Violet players were having their saves completely wiped due to data corruption, resulting in the loss of hours of progress, hundreds of Pokemon, and beloved team members. It's an issue that's not going to go away any time soon, mainly because Game Freak is reportedly struggling to reliably recreate the bug and we still don't know what's causing it. It was suggested that potentially downloading the DLC or interacting with Pokemon Go was the cause, though this doesn't appear to be the case for everyone.
As a result, many have decided to stop playing the game entirely on the off-chance that their saves could be corrupted, even if that chance is miniscule. Many players are complaining on the game's subreddit that they'll be forced to miss out on the Decidueye raid event as well as any other future events, simply because they're too nervous to start playing again due to the fear of having their save wiped.
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