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

[Barkley]

MasonADC said:
Pretty good, and I am willing to bet that it surpasses the sun and moon total (3.9 million) and stood the decline of Pokémon for a bit

I think that's possible. Ultra Sun/Moon just a year later really hurt Sun and Moons lifetime sales.