Will Pokemon XY Be The Highest Selling Title on 1 Platform This Entire Generation?

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sc94597 said:

aryu said:

sc94597 said:

aryu said:

sc94597 said:

aryu said:
I think it's unfair to compare 2 Pokemon games to a game such as Halo. Some people buy both versions of Pokemon but will only buy one copy of Halo.

Like Pokemon XY, Halo 4 has different SKU's.

http://www.vg247.com/2013/08/26/halo-4-game-of-the-year-edition-inbound-rumour/

 

 

 

But it's just one game. Some games have special editions/collectors edition and so on but it doesn't really matter since you no matter what you get, its the same copy of the game as someone who bought the standard edition. Pokemon X and Y can be considered as two separate games. There are significant differences!

No there aren't. All content can be obtained in both games. You can have all the same pokemon in both games (through trading.) You can go to the same places in both games. There is as much of a difference in content as a GOTY edition from an original edition of any other game, and the difference is only an SKU number. 

mm yes there are! Firstly, the story of the two differs according to the XY legendaries. Also certain pokemon/mega stone are only obtainable in one game. Sure you can get some of the pokemon via trading but what about the stones?1. Will someone willingly give away a mega stone? What about pokemon which use special items via trade to evolve? A GOTY game only has extra DLC, the game is the same, 3. all someone has to do is buy the DLC online!

4. Also do you consider Yellow/Crystal sepearate games to their original counterparts? Cause I do! Yellow is the only game in the original triad in which you can obtain all three of the original starters and where you have a pokemon follow you.

1. You can trade pokemon holding items. People trade pokemon holding mega-stones for other pokemon holding mega-stones.(Who will give these up? You're making an assumption that someone is kind enough to give you their megastones, how will you go about obtaining all of them? Are you telling me you wholeheatedily trust a stranger with a megastone? (I'm making the assumption that your friends/families do not own the game)) 2. What about them? This can be easily done by trading the same pokemon holding the item, both people mutually get the evolution. If the pokemon is exclusive to the version, then trade and trade back, or trade a pokemon that somebody else wants that evolves with an item for one you want that evolves by an item. (You are assuming that someone is willing to give up a pokemon that you want even if it is Arceus) 3. All somebody has to do is trade and they have the same content (Again you are making the assumption that someone is willing to trade the pokemon you want!). 4. The third version of each pokemon series is always considered a separate game. It has additional (and different) content that can't be obtained in previous games, content missing that was in the previous games. 5. Correction, in which you can obtain all three of the original starters without trading. 

The only point is the storyline difference, but it is so miniscule that it should matter very little. The events are practically the same. It is like saying Halo 4 LE is a different game from Halo 4 because you can get an exclusive weapon skin. 

Pokemon is about collecting. Do you not understand that? You cannot just purchase which pokemon you want like you can with DLC. You've also completely missed the point about mega stones. I doubt anyone would be willing to give those up. Pokemon also does not have voice chat when trading with strangers so explain how both trainers will be able to get the pokemons they want and know that the other person wants the pokemon back? You are making a lot of assumptions in your post. You don't understand that pokemon X and Y are two separate games as in one is marketed  as Pokemon X and the other is marketed as Pokemon Y. It is not the same as Halo 4 and Halo 4 LE. You get the base game regardless. With pokemon, there are exclusive items obtainable in one game that are not obtainable in another.

Let us assume that we live in a country with no internet. Regardless of whether I buy Halo 4 or Halo 4 LE, I still get the base games as I can't download the DLC. With Pokemon, if I just buy X, I can only get the X exclusive pokemon and items and to be able to obtain the other remaining pokemons, I am forced into purchasing Pokemon Y.