Update: Pokemon Sword/Shield sells 2 million in first 3 days in Japan, doubles Switch hardware to 180k

[think-man]

andisart said:

fatslob-:O said:

Install base is a function with respect to the # of system sellers and is not strongly correlated to the first week sales performance of separate games ... 

3DS's larger install base was mostly down to getting Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter before a mainline Pokemon entry appeared ...

The more people own a system the more potential buyers, that’s general logic. To call S/S a mediocre opening while ignoring install base is ignorant imo. 

think-man said:

And how do you explain X/Y selling more than Sun/Moon despite having half the install base? 

Half the install base? The 3DS had around 14m in Japan when X/Y released, compared to 10m of S/S. 

It still invalidates your argument. it sold more on a smaller install base