Update: Pokemon Sword/Shield sells 2 million in first 3 days in Japan, doubles Switch hardware to 180k

[think-man]

andisart said:

fatslob-:O said:
It's OK by Pokemon standards but it's definitely a step down compared to the new mainline releases for the 3DS at the time even if slightly as others pointed out ...

Not really comparable just like that since 3DS as well as DS had much larger install base at the time of respective mainline releases. 

A better picture would be to calculate attach rate based on install base of each title. I don’t think Sword and Shield had a weaker opening considering. 

EDIT:

Found this number on Twitter not sure if correct but if then say Sun/Moon did 1.9m on 22m installed, meaning if you calculate up for S/S from 1.36 on 10m install base to 22m install base you would get a equivalent amount of 2.72m copies for S/S.

So beating Sun/Moon even by far

And how do you explain X/Y selling more than Sun/Moon despite having half the install base?