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Salnax said:

Pokemon FW Comparison:

  • Scarlet/Violet: 2,537,292
  • X/Y: 2,096,050
  • Sun/Moon: 1,905,107
  • OmegaRuby/AlphaSapphire: 1,534,593
  • Legends Z-A (Combined): 1,485,457 
  • Legends Arceus: 1,424,657
  • BrilliantDiamond/ShiningPearl: 1,395,642
  • Sword/Shield: 1,364,544
  • Ultra Sun/Moon: 1,199,814
  • Legends Z-A (Switch): 872,552 
  • Legends Z-A (Switch 2): 612,905 
  • Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee: 664,198

Overall, a solid opening, but not unprecedented. Pokemon looks like it'll keep on chugging along for another year or two, regardless of many fans' reactions.

Looks like the Legends games sell around as much as a Pokemon remake, which is a good result.

It's clear that Switch 1 hardware sales aren't at all affected by major releases anymore.  On the other hand that is clearly where most of the software sales went.  I still don't think cross-gen titles are a good idea for selling hardware.  Clearly the 610k+ who bought the SW2 version translated into a lot of hardware sales.  However, the 870k+ who bought that NSW1 version don't really have the same motivation to buy a new system.  Some of those 870k+ are never going to buy a NSW2, because they don't have to.