Pokemon Sword & Shield Sell-Through Over 6M Opening Weekend Worldwide, New Record for Switch

Xevross · Nov 21, 2019, 03:38 PM

News: Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Sales Exceed 6 Million Units Worldwide After Massive Launch Weekend | Business Wire

Era thread: TPC: Pokémon Sword & Shield has sold through 6M copies (2M in Japan alone). It's the fastest selling Nintendo Switch software ever. | ResetEra

Quote https://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/PostImages/b1b2b7b4ea55eef149f2bc849c194eea958c68c6.pdf
Trying to work out if they mean Friday through Sunday. I think it is as we don't have a full week on sale yet

Also it has sold 2 million in Japan alone from physical and digital in the first week of sale. A step up from the low 1.3 physical that was reported, so that's almost a third digital

Other notable records: this is the new record for opening weekend revenue in the US for pokemon. Over 2M in Japan means an insane digital ratio of over 33% there.

Dr. Pezus · Nov 21, 2019, 08:56 PM

Crazy sales. Just goes to show reviews and boycotts don't affect sales for Pokemon lol

Xevross · Nov 21, 2019, 10:12 PM

Quote from: Dr. Pezus on Nov 21, 2019, 08:56 PMCrazy sales. Just goes to show reviews and boycotts don't affect sales for Pokemon lol

Not true. Zhuge pointed out that at least 7.5billion didn't buy the game, so its actually quite the flop.

BananaKing · Nov 22, 2019, 02:30 AM

I really really don't understand how pokemon is still so big

Cute Pikachu · Nov 22, 2019, 07:22 PM

Quote from: BananaKing on Nov 22, 2019, 02:30 AMI really really don't understand how pokemon is still so big

Simple. It has one of the greatest hooks in gaming. Also is the biggest media franchise on the planet.

BananaKing · Nov 23, 2019, 04:06 AM

Quote from: Cute Pikachu on Nov 22, 2019, 07:22 PMSimple. It has one of the greatest hooks in gaming. Also is the biggest media franchise on the planet.

Biggest media franchise? Yeah.. no.

the-pi-guy · Nov 23, 2019, 05:08 AM

Quote from: BananaKing on Nov 22, 2019, 02:30 AMI really really don't understand how pokemon is still so big

The big TV series plays a part.

But honestly the biggest thing is probably that Pokemon has 0 competition.

Name another monster collectathon with hundreds of monsters that has variety, multiplayer options in a package that is available to all ages.

If CoD sucks, there are other FPS games. If Pokemon sucks and you like collectathons, you have to suck it up.

Xevross · Nov 23, 2019, 09:13 AM

Quote from: BananaKing on Nov 23, 2019, 04:06 AMBiggest media franchise? Yeah.. no.

You say that like its an opinion, pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time.

Dr. Pezus · Nov 23, 2019, 11:53 AM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Nov 23, 2019, 05:08 AMThe big TV series plays a part.

But honestly the biggest thing is probably that Pokemon has 0 competition.

Name another monster collectathon with hundreds of monsters that has variety, multiplayer options in a package that is available to all ages.

If CoD sucks, there are other FPS games. If Pokemon sucks and you like collectathons, you have to suck it up.

Digimon

Xevross · Nov 23, 2019, 11:57 AM

Quote from: Dr. Pezus on Nov 23, 2019, 11:53 AMDigimon

Oh you.

the-pi-guy · Nov 23, 2019, 07:32 PM

Quote from: Dr. Pezus on Nov 23, 2019, 11:53 AMDigimon

The exact response I expected, because it's pretty much the only thing.

There are a bunch of reasons Pokemon is bigger though:
-Pokemon came first, so Digimon was considered a rip off.
-Digimon has struggled a lot with quality games. The highest rated Digimon game I can find is on the Vita....
-Pokemon has Nintendo's backing.

And plenty of other reasons too.

BananaKing · Nov 23, 2019, 08:29 PM

Quote from: Xevross on Nov 23, 2019, 09:13 AMYou say that like its an opinion, pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time.

Holly fudgy shame that's true. I did not expect it to be bigger than Starwars.

the-pi-guy · Nov 23, 2019, 08:35 PM

Quote from: BananaKing on Nov 23, 2019, 08:29 PMHolly fudgy shame that's true. I did not expect it to be bigger than Starwars.

Pokemon cards, toys, etc, there are a lot of them.

Dr. Pezus · Nov 23, 2019, 09:19 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Nov 23, 2019, 08:35 PMPokemon cards, toys, etc, there are a lot of them.

Lots of star wars merchandise too though, magazines, books, toys, pictures, clothes. I'm surprised Pokemon is bigger tbh

Cute Pikachu · Nov 25, 2019, 02:19 PM

Quote from: Dr. Pezus on Nov 23, 2019, 09:19 PMLots of star wars merchandise too though, magazines, books, toys, pictures, clothes. I'm surprised Pokemon is bigger tbh

Star Wars struggles primarily in places such as Europe and the Middle East. Most of its revenue in particular is US heavy( see Epsiode 7 gross being 50% from the US). Pokémon has the benefit of not only being huge in the US, but Europe, SA, Mexico and Canada, Asia(especially), and elsewhere. It also helps that the show has continued to be popular worldwide and it's still one of the biggest card games out there.
Pokémon usually is able to grab kids in a larger scale than Star Wars since the concept is more appealing for young kids when you are younger. Star Wars you can get toys and see movies but young kids aren't gonna be getting cards or playing Battlefront when they are 3 or 4 likely.

That's kinda why. It's actually interesting because pokemon's Fan base skews pretty young and Star Wars skews much much older so it is surprising.