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palou on 11 July 2016
Mystro-Sama said:

With the explosive success of Go a lot of people out there are rekindling their love of pokemon so i'm really curious to see if this will boost the sales of the new pokemon games coming this fall. I mean i've seen videos of people going out to sea in Kayaks and setting up gyms on the ocean. Do you think it will boost sales?

According to amazon, yes - there has been a rise in all pokemon related products since Go release.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/movers-and-shakers/videogames/ref=zg_bs_tab_t_bsms/183-6962739-7099936

Actually, I think I might make a new thread, what do you think?



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Proxy-Pie on 11 July 2016
wombat123 said:
John19 said:

Also, New Nintendo 3DS is currently 19 on Amazon for best sellers in video games

This is one of the things I like the most about Nintendo developing for mobile; it essentially advertises their franchises and hardware to people who might have forgotten about Nintendo and their games.  All it takes is one game to bring former fans back into the fold -- Xenoblade on the Wii did that for me after I skipped out on most of the 7th gen.

This is what I've been saying for a while now. Having more people try Pokemon and Mario , etc, on mobile will make some of them interested in the bigger core titles. Even if as little as 1% of the players bought a Nintendo system with some games, that's a big win right there.



Soundwave on 11 July 2016

Pokemon being on iOS/Android is the big draw, if Pokemon Go was on 3DS only it would be nowhere near as popular.

Sonic is very successful on iOS/Android but it didn't do anything for Sonic's recent home games. I guess we'll have to wait and see. 



jason1637 on 11 July 2016

I'll get some tthat used to play Pokemon get into it again



Cloudman on 11 July 2016

It's possible, maybe? It could potentially bring in new fans who start with Pokemon Go and develop enough interest in the series, look further into it, and maybe even buy a 3DS and Sun/Moon to try it for themselves.

...Or it could do nothing and sales are around the same as the last selling one. We'll find out with Sun/Moon's releases.



 

              

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Ultrashroomz on 11 July 2016

Possibly, but Sun and Moon is still gonna sell like hotcakes for sure.



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mountaindewslave on 11 July 2016

GO is pretty basic compared to a regular Pokemon game. I don't see it having much effect at all



jardesonbarbosa on 11 July 2016
palou said:
Mystro-Sama said:

With the explosive success of Go a lot of people out there are rekindling their love of pokemon so i'm really curious to see if this will boost the sales of the new pokemon games coming this fall. I mean i've seen videos of people going out to sea in Kayaks and setting up gyms on the ocean. Do you think it will boost sales?

According to amazon, yes - there has been a rise in all pokemon related products since Go release.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/movers-and-shakers/videogames/ref=zg_bs_tab_t_bsms/183-6962739-7099936

Actually, I think I might make a new thread, what do you think?

On the second page, even the Game Boy cartridge of Pokémon Red is up 44%.



the_dengle on 11 July 2016

They should add gen 7 to Go a couple weeks before SM launch, before adding any other gens. That would draw attention to it.



Chazore on 11 July 2016

I wouldn't say as much, but it;s one hell of a way to get the game advertised out there. Nintendo should totally toss in some "hey we also sell a 3DS and all the Pokemon titles with it" kind of ad, especially since ads are a common thing with mobiles and mobile gaming.



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