Predict the lifetimes sales of Pokémon Legends Z-A

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Zippy6 said:

firebush03 said:

For reference, this launch places Z-A as the second largest of Pokémon on Switch… meaning that, yes, Z-A outperformed a mainline entry (SwSh) which launched in mid-November. Unless you had unreasonable expectations, this should’ve been a much larger launch than expected. And with an entire holiday season in Z-A’s favor, it’ll most certainly smash through Arceus’s 14mil figure.

Why should selling only 4% more than Arceus, while having a much bigger installbase, and being a crossgen release, be much "larger than expected", "unless you had unreasonable expectation."

Because Legends games shouldn't be expected to sale as well a new gen pokemon and Switch 1 is a dying console that can't be fully offset by a young playform.