How Much Will Pokemon SunMoon sell in japan lifetime?

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tbone51 on 09 September 2016

Will it hit 5mil or will it miss it like XY?

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Probably won't pass XY numbers.. :/

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tbone51 on 09 September 2016

Platina said:
Probably won't pass XY numbers.. :/

I think hype is real and itll have legs unlike xy in japan. 5.8mil (yes going bold lmao)

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Slarvax on 09 September 2016

Depends how much the NX affects 3DS sales. I think it can beat XY by 500k-1.2 million.

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It'll easily beat X/Y

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Ultrashroomz on 09 September 2016

Slarvax said:
Depends how much the NX affects 3DS sales. I think it can beat XY by 500k-1.2 million.

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KrspaceT on 09 September 2016

Hmm.....

I feel that Sun and Moon has a bit more of a marketing push that I remember XY having, at the very least the excitement seems higher than I recall Gen 6 having.

It might be because of marketing needs of course: Nintendo might want to push Sun and Moon more heavily because of the fact that it is the year's big game, then Zelda.

It's oddly enough even history repeating itself: back when Ocarina of Time was being worked on Nintendo was running low on funds to make it. They managed to push through with it via the help of Gen 1, and now Gen 7 is going to buy some time, and funds, for quite possibly the Ocarina of the 2000's.

Of course I don't know how Japanese fans are reacting to Pokemon, so I can't really say. Maybe the hype is more western than eastern? We'll find out in November.

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