Are current releases of old game franchises better?

[Freyja]

Are newer games in franchises that have been around for years better because they have more content? This is a discussion that comes up in Twitch chat on jyggy11's channel when he's playing Pokémon games, which he does often. Some of the viewers, like myself, have hardly played anything past gen 1 and don't really care for all the newfangled junk in all the more recent games. Others, however, think the newer games are definitely better for expanding the gameplay and adding a lot of content. I don't think there's really a right or wrong answer to this. I'm just trying to start a discussion here, and I'm tired after spending all night setting up this new forum.