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

[Barkley]

Jranation said:

Barkley said:

???

Previous 3 new gen titles:

Pokemon Black & White - 2.64m
Pokemon X & Y - 2.1m
Pokemon Sun & Moon - 1.9m

How can you say "No impact."

Regardless, even if sales had been amazing, without the "movement" as you call it, sales might have been even higher. 

It seems like Pokemom is on a decline despite having a bigger or lesser hardware sales. We will never know how much sales were lost because of the many issues the game have. It could be as big as 300k or less than 50k. 

Pokemon has been on decline in Japan for a while. Lifetime sales in Japan are basically in release order.

Red/Blue - 7.94m
Gold/Silver - 6.09m
Sapphire/Ruby - 5.34m
Diamond/Pearl - 5.83m
Black/White - 5.49m
X/Y - 4.56m
Sun/Moon - 3.92m

Each generation has sold less than the last, the only exception being Sapphire/Ruby which may be more down to the hardware than the popularity of the games. GBA being short lived and DS being a juggernaut.

Globally the game should fair much better in comparison to previous titles.