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KylieDog said:
Pokemon is 2 games so won't be that.

...and before people argue otherwise, how many series has many people buying the same game twice, on the same platform, not special editions or GOTY type stuff, then playing both copies.

 

1 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue Version GB 1996 Role-Playing Nintendo 11.27 8.89 10.22 1.00 31.37
2 Pokémon Gold / Silver Version GB 1999 Role-Playing Nintendo 9.00 6.18 7.20 0.71 23.10
3 Pokémon Diamond / Pearl Version DS 2006 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.33 4.32 6.04 1.38 18.08
4 Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire Version GBA 2002 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.06 3.90 5.38 0.50 15.85
5 Pokémon Black / White Version DS 2010 Role-Playing Nintendo 5.36 0.59 5.64 3.15 14.74
6 Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition GB 1998 Role-Playing Nintendo 5.89 5.04 3.12 0.59 14.64
7 Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver Version DS 2009 Role-Playing Nintendo 4.22 2.38 3.96 1.02 11.58
8 Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen Version GBA 2004 Role-Playing Nintendo 4.34 2.65 3.15 0.35 10.49

Given that the difference between generation 5 and generation 6 is bigger than any generation before, I am pretty sure a lot of people who stopped playing are coming back.  Now if you mean Pokemon X or Pokemon Y by itself rather than the sales combined that's a different story and much harder to track (and not really fair considering they are almost the same game, very little difference between X and Y).

And to your bold comment, that doesn't really change the fact that most of the main Pokemon games sold 10m+.