BlowoverKing on 13 June 2013
In light of the Pokemon X/Y E3 announcements ,which got me really hyped, I was curious to see how Black and White stacked up to Diamond and Pearl sales wise.
Looking at the graph shows that B/W actually had a much bigger opening during the first year. Now this is probably due to the install base being larger at the release of B/W compared to D/P. But in the long run this hurt B/W due to the DS losing steam and falling out of relevency. This is shown in the graph as B/W's "legs" really died off quickly. Now how do you guys think X/Y will fair? I think it will open (first 52 weeks due to international release) inbetween the 2 DS titles and end at around 16 million lifetime.
*NOTES*
- Pokemon D/P Sales -18,066,198 FW (JP) -1,646,064 (USA) -1,159,158 (EU) -411,655
- Pokemon B/W Sales -14,711,656 FW (JP) -2,609,129 (USA) -1,893,150 (EU) - N/A (not showing for some reason)
- DS Install base at D/P Launch (2006) -25,436,259
- DS Install base at B/W Launch (2010) -131,647,066
