Pokemon Co: Sword/Shield sold through 6 million globally in its first 3 days

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curl-6 on 21 November 2019

Their statement notes that this is the biggest opening for a Switch game to date, surpassing Smash Bros Ultimate

https://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/PostImages/b1b2b7b4ea55eef149f2bc849c194eea958c68c6.pdf

https://gonintendo.com/stories/349632-pokemon-sword-and-shield-hit-6-million-copies-sold-in-its-first-w

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Barkley on 21 November 2019

Pokemon X/Y - 4.2m
Pokemon Black & White - ~5.6m
Pokemon Sword & Shield - 6m
Pokemon Sun and Moon - ???M (2m Japan, 1.5m EU, ??M NA/ROW)

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OTBWY on 21 November 2019

I'd like to share one more tweet from our guy Zhuge

The PR also notes.

1. This is the record opening for a Switch title globally, beating Smash Ultimate's record of 5m.

2. The game has sold 2 million units in Japan in its first week.

For reference- X&Y sold 4m globally in its first week. pic.twitter.com/vNloYs4kdP
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) November 21, 2019

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just wow....

What's the biggest opening for a home console exclusive game?

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Barkley on 21 November 2019

polofresco said:
just wow....

What's the biggest opening for an exclusive game?

Pokemon Sun and Moon - 7.2m

Probably this, there might be one higher I'll do some digging lol.

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kindark on 21 November 2019

Barkley said:

polofresco said:
just wow....

What's the biggest opening for an exclusive game?

Pokemon Sun and Moon - 7.2m

Probably this, there might be one higher I'll do some digging lol.

Sun Moon apparently sold through 7.2M by November 30th.

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kindark said:

Barkley said:

Pokemon Sun and Moon - 7.2m

Probably this, there might be one higher I'll do some digging lol.

Sun Moon apparently sold through 7.2M by November 30th.

Sun and Moon didn't launch in all regions simultaneously so the 7.2m figure is an estimate taking first week from each region.

It's hard to know how much Sun and Moon did in its first week due to the later release of the game in Europe.

In NA the game sold 3.7m in under two weeks.
In JP the game sold 2m in its first week.
In EU the game sold 1.5m in its first week.

So 7.2m in total, but not aligned
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) November 21, 2019

NA says "under two weeks" though so it's probably less than 7.2m

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RetroGamer94 on 21 November 2019

Wow, huge opening, wonder how it will perform throughout the holidays!

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Barkley said:

kindark said:

Sun Moon apparently sold through 7.2M by November 30th.

Sun and Moon didn't launch in all regions simultaneously so the 7.2m figure is an estimate taking first week from each region.

It's hard to know how much Sun and Moon did in its first week due to the later release of the game in Europe.

In NA the game sold 3.7m in under two weeks.
In JP the game sold 2m in its first week.
In EU the game sold 1.5m in its first week.

So 7.2m in total, but not aligned
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) November 21, 2019

NA says "under two weeks" though so it's probably less than 7.2m

You comparing 3 day sales to 12 days sales, really?

And Black and White also not a three day sales, one week more in US and Europe.

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LGBTDBZBBQ on 21 November 2019

Barkley said:

Pokemon X/Y - 4.2m
Pokemon Black & White - ~5.6m
Pokemon Sword & Shield - 6m
Pokemon Sun and Moon - 7.2m

Please don't spread misinformation data like that in the sales forum.

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