| newwil7l said: Thing is Pokemon pulled those numbers during the holidays and AC is probably pulling similar numbers in the middle of March. Not to mention that AC will certainly have better legs just looking at how past installments in the franchise have held up while we can already see Pokemon slowing down, and the franchise has never really been leggy like other Nintendo IPs. |
Pokemon has been as leggy as other IPs this is why RBG sold so much the reason it didn't seem as much in recent times is because releases became more frequent with one of the releases being a third version the following year, SS however is going the DLC route which likely forgoes the third version this means that so far everyone who wants their fill of mainline Pokemon is going to get SS as its looking like the game will be supported with new content instead of new versions being made.
SS also isn't really showing signs of slowing down because in the Japanese charts it's still in the top 10 6 months later as well as charting frequently on the western eShop, at this point it might not only be the second best selling game on the platform but the third best selling in the franchise which despite how well AC is doing now is still a high target because even with better legs prior Pokemon games have still outsold them by quite a margin now we have a Pokemon may go on to pass G/S lifetime. I predicted AC to hit at least 20m but even then I still think SS will outsell it.
