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How Many Copies Will XY sell in US First Day?

over 1mil 86 83.50%
 
900k-1mil 6 5.83%
 
800k-900k 3 2.91%
 
700k-800k 0 0%
 
600k-700k 1 0.97%
 
500k-600k 1 0.97%
 
Under 500k 6 5.83%
 
Total:103
Pineapple on 13 November 2013
Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
XY tracking 882,663 behind B&W. The gap increased by 48,788 from Week 3 to Week 4.


if you compare the games at least add DP in it.


Well, as I said before, DP sold more than B&W so XY has to pass B&W first before passing DP.

While this is true, it's also quite irrelevant to the topic. Diamond/Pearl sold over 4 years in a 5 > 8 > 3 > 1 million split (and then 500,000 after that). Meanwhile, Black/White sold over 3 years, with a 5 > 8 > 1 million split.

Of the two, it's far more likely that XY will follow Diamond/Pearl's long-time sales. Black/White's sales greatly dropped largely because the DS' sales were very low by the time it entered its third year (2012). There's absolutely no reason for X/Y to face this problem, as the chances of a 3DS sequel being released in 2015 are incredibly slim.

Due to when the games launched in their systems' lives, Diamond/Pearl to X/Y is a more valid and interesting comparison than Black/White to X/Y is. The long-term sales curve of X/Y is likely to be much more similar  to Diamond/Pearl than to Black/White.



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phenom08 on 13 November 2013
Pineapple said:
Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
XY tracking 882,663 behind B&W. The gap increased by 48,788 from Week 3 to Week 4.


if you compare the games at least add DP in it.


Well, as I said before, DP sold more than B&W so XY has to pass B&W first before passing DP.

While this is true, it's also quite irrelevant to the topic. Diamond/Pearl sold over 4 years in a 5 > 8 > 3 > 1 million split (and then 500,000 after that). Meanwhile, Black/White sold over 3 years, with a 5 > 8 > 1 million split.

Of the two, it's far more likely that XY will follow Diamond/Pearl's long-time sales. Black/White's sales greatly dropped largely because the DS' sales were very low by the time it entered its third year (2012). There's absolutely no reason for X/Y to face this problem, as the chances of a 3DS sequel being released in 2015 are incredibly slim.

Due to when the games launched in their systems' lives, Diamond/Pearl to X/Y is a more valid and interesting comparison than Black/White to X/Y is. The long-term sales curve of X/Y is likely to be much more similar  to Diamond/Pearl than to Black/White.

Lol he konws this. Everyone that decides to compare X/Y to B/W know exactly what they are doing. Trolling. What you should do then is use their same logic. Since B/W tracked above D/P then obviously B/W will outsell D/P........yeah that shows how flawed that logic is.



Lawlight on 13 November 2013
Pineapple said:
Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
XY tracking 882,663 behind B&W. The gap increased by 48,788 from Week 3 to Week 4.


if you compare the games at least add DP in it.


Well, as I said before, DP sold more than B&W so XY has to pass B&W first before passing DP.

While this is true, it's also quite irrelevant to the topic. Diamond/Pearl sold over 4 years in a 5 > 8 > 3 > 1 million split (and then 500,000 after that). Meanwhile, Black/White sold over 3 years, with a 5 > 8 > 1 million split.

Of the two, it's far more likely that XY will follow Diamond/Pearl's long-time sales. Black/White's sales greatly dropped largely because the DS' sales were very low by the time it entered its third year (2012). There's absolutely no reason for X/Y to face this problem, as the chances of a 3DS sequel being released in 2015 are incredibly slim.

Due to when the games launched in their systems' lives, Diamond/Pearl to X/Y is a more valid and interesting comparison than Black/White to X/Y is. The long-term sales curve of X/Y is likely to be much more similar  to Diamond/Pearl than to Black/White.


Well, I guess when XY overtakes B&W, you can tell me "I told you so". In the meantime, I'll gladly point out that the gap between these 2 games are increasing.



sales2099 on 13 November 2013

Thing has got legs, and am not surprised. People like me getting back into it since Blue.



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Lawlight on 18 November 2013

Can we update the opening post with the latest numbers please?



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tbone51 on 26 February 2014

bumping for the lolz, srry i didn't update guys!



Lawlight on 26 February 2014

So, what's the gap now? Has XY beaten the DS or GBA first generation pokemons yet?



tbone51 on 26 February 2014
Lawlight said:
So, what's the gap now? Has XY beaten the DS or GBA first generation pokemons yet?


XY is closing the gap between BW thats wats happening(look at all your previous post), and surpassing 12mil like its nothing. No point in updating since vgc has pokemon undertracked by 500k-900k

Lawlight on 26 February 2014
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
So, what's the gap now? Has XY beaten the DS or GBA first generation pokemons yet?


XY is closing the gap between BW thats wats happening(look at all your previous post), and surpassing 12mil like its nothing. No point in updating since vgc has pokemon undertracked by 500k-900k


Can you provide me a source that says that it surpassed 12M?

Also, you're saying that it's closing the gap but don't provide any numbers?



tbone51 on 26 February 2014
Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
So, what's the gap now? Has XY beaten the DS or GBA first generation pokemons yet?


XY is closing the gap between BW thats wats happening(look at all your previous post), and surpassing 12mil like its nothing. No point in updating since vgc has pokemon undertracked by 500k-900k


Can you provide me a source that says that it surpassed 12M?

Also, you're saying that it's closing the gap but don't provide any numbers?



lol, keep up your personal agenda. official numbers are 11.61mil by year end, you think its not going up? Also proof of gap closing? Are you f***ing kidding me? XY is selling over 50k a week, BW is selling maybe 2k-3k a week. Its common sense