LMAO not even close bud. Pokeshipping will be remembered years from now when Amourshipping is nothing but a blimp, you know why? Cause it's part of the original series. Also how did Amour make it farther? Ash has never shown any interest in Serena and at least with Misty on Ash's side he showed interest. He got jealous when guys hit on her and he blushed when people implied they were something(like team rocket for instance and that was not just a dub add on). Serena and Misty both had canon crushes on Ash, and if you honestly think Misty did not fall for Ash, that's just straight up denial on your part.
It's been a while since Misty left and guess what she's still more relevant then Serena. Especially cause of something beautiful called nostalgia.
What you don't seem to understand and I'll break it down for you is this anime is strictly about marketing the games. There's no end to it. You don't get that and you think XY miraculously changed the landscape when it didn't. It's still the same old anime, using the same bag of tricks. It didn't break any norms whatsoever.
You claim that people are leaving the anime, that's very true. It's a circle a circle of Pokemon fans..
The circle begins with a young kid watching the anime series. The kid grows up as he's watching the anime and playing the games and collecting the cards. As he grows older he starts to see the anime is not changing much so he stops watching. That doesn't stop him from playing the games though. And in the place of the kid who stopped watching a much younger child takes there place.
The circle begins all over again.