PREDICTION: Pokémon moon and sun will sells over 20 million

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think-man said:

Ryng_Tolu said:

A comment with a lot of arguments.

But ok, if this is all you can say when Nintendo just annunced that Pokémon Sun and Moon is the most pre ordered game ever in the Nintendo history, and is confirmed that in some countries has more pre orders than COD Infinite Warfare... lol

This isn't 1999, it's not going to happen. 

Thats a pretty simplistic, narrow look.  Looking at current info, 3DS is performing far stronger than last year and the year before based on best seller lists, Sun and Moon are also trending better than both past 3DS entries in the series.  And we know for a fact that it is the most preordered Nintendo game ever.  And while Pokemon Go has diminished (being now "just" on the level of Candy Crush and Clash of Clans on Android), empirical evidence has proven that it has had a very real effect on 3DS and Pokemon brand strength, driving sales of both.  Those saying it will fail to outsell XY are ignoring all current evidence to the contrary.  And those saying it won't outsell ORAS are, frankly, being ridiculous.

PS:  Those saying the Switch will slow this down, no.  They've kept the 3DS and Switch at arm's length from each other for that reason.