Pokemon Black & White 2 bombed hard, only 1.6M in 2 days

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VicViper said:

RolStoppable said:

VicViper said:
And about that graph, why doesn't it include Soul Silver and Heart Gold?

I mean, they're part of the gen too.

Because the graph is about Pokémon generations, not handheld generations.

Soul Silver and Heart Gold are remakes just like Fire Red and Leaf Green. You don't compare remakes with new games.

There's no such thing as "handheld generation".

Pokémon Generations include remakes. Should be included too.

As far as I know:

Gen 1 - RGB and Y

Gen 2 - GSC

Gen 3 - RSE FR LG

Gen 4 - DPP HG SS

Gen 5 - BW BW2

Plus, remakes sales should be used to say if a series is growing or not. Why not, it's part of the main series. So if HG SS sells more than FR LG it's a sign of improvment.

If you start doing it this way it becomes incredibly complicated though. Simply comparing main entries + their variation is very simple. 

Whereas the remakes don't entirely fit neatly in anywhere and it starts raising the question that if you are simply measuring the overall popularity of the pokemon series then should things like Pokemon Conquest and so forth be included? As Main gen entries + their variation + remakes made at that time would be more of a measurement of how popular the typical style of pokemon game is per each pokemon generation. However even that is kinda unclear as FireRed and LeafGreen are probably selling a fair amount based on popularity of Gen I as opposed to compatability with Gen III.

Personally I feel it should either be just main entry + variation or all pokemon games. One measures popularity of the main line games and the other measures overall popularity.