[quote="Azdgari"]It's a direct to video that exists first and foremost to milk the cashcow. Pleasing the real fans was the distant second priority.[/quote]
"Simba's Pride" (and other DTV Disney sequels) was animated in different countries, by completly different television crews, so they could complete the movie faster, of course it has a lot of animation mistakes.
Disney is like any other movie company: they care about positive reviews, profit and awards.
A DTV sequel is just an easy, fast way of making some money and to promote the original movie even more.