The Pokémon franchise continues to prove its staying power today by reaching a monumental milestone.
Revealed earlier this week as part of the company’s most recent earnings call, series publisher Nintendo revealed that the latest games, Pokémon Sword and Shield, have sold a combined 16.18m units. An impressive figure for any entertainment product regardless of time spent available on the market, but even more so for this particular iteration of the globally popular franchise. The number is only representative of a six-week period (November 15th to December 31st), too, meaning the current total is likely to be considerably higher.
To put that unprecedented achievement into perspective, Sword and Shield have already far surpassed the entire lifetime sales of many previous series entries, including 2016’s Sun and Moon and 2018’s Let’s Go spinoffs. Assuming the current trend continues, last year’s Switch exclusives will be on track to surpass 1999’s current record holders,...
Revealed earlier this week as part of the company’s most recent earnings call, series publisher Nintendo revealed that the latest games, Pokémon Sword and Shield, have sold a combined 16.18m units. An impressive figure for any entertainment product regardless of time spent available on the market, but even more so for this particular iteration of the globally popular franchise. The number is only representative of a six-week period (November 15th to December 31st), too, meaning the current total is likely to be considerably higher.
To put that unprecedented achievement into perspective, Sword and Shield have already far surpassed the entire lifetime sales of many previous series entries, including 2016’s Sun and Moon and 2018’s Let’s Go spinoffs. Assuming the current trend continues, last year’s Switch exclusives will be on track to surpass 1999’s current record holders,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Joe Pring
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