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Lawlight on 13 November 2013
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Pineapple said:
Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
XY tracking 882,663 behind B&W. The gap increased by 48,788 from Week 3 to Week 4.


if you compare the games at least add DP in it.


Well, as I said before, DP sold more than B&W so XY has to pass B&W first before passing DP.

While this is true, it's also quite irrelevant to the topic. Diamond/Pearl sold over 4 years in a 5 > 8 > 3 > 1 million split (and then 500,000 after that). Meanwhile, Black/White sold over 3 years, with a 5 > 8 > 1 million split.

Of the two, it's far more likely that XY will follow Diamond/Pearl's long-time sales. Black/White's sales greatly dropped largely because the DS' sales were very low by the time it entered its third year (2012). There's absolutely no reason for X/Y to face this problem, as the chances of a 3DS sequel being released in 2015 are incredibly slim.

Due to when the games launched in their systems' lives, Diamond/Pearl to X/Y is a more valid and interesting comparison than Black/White to X/Y is. The long-term sales curve of X/Y is likely to be much more similar  to Diamond/Pearl than to Black/White.


Well, I guess when XY overtakes B&W, you can tell me "I told you so". In the meantime, I'll gladly point out that the gap between these 2 games are increasing.