Pokémon Shiny Diamond and Shimmering Pearl have sold more than 6 million units worldwide during its first week on sale. Remakes of the original Nintendo DS editions developed by ILCA for the Nintendo Switch have made their debut in a big way in places like the UK, Spain or Japan; And now we know that these territorial symptoms have been translated into an undeniable premiere on a commercial level.
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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019, Nintendo Switch) also debuted with 6 million copies sold in their first week available; always contemplating copies in physical and digital format (both eShop and redeemable code cards). For its part, Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Eevee! they managed to sell 3 million copies in three days.
Sinnoh remakes make their debut with great force on Nintendo Switch
The premiere of these remakes of the Sinnoh region reveals two things. The first is that the main saga of the saga has a great commercial health; despite the fact that the result has not been as satisfactory as expected. The second is that The Pokémon Company’s strategy of outsourcing a job of this caliber —for the first time in history that canonical installments are not developed by Game Freak, parents of the series— has been successful in terms of sales. refers.
If we look at the stages of the Generation VI Y Generation VII, the Nintendo 3DS era, we see that Pokémon X / Y (2013) sold 4 million copies in two days; Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (2014) did the same with 3 million copies in three days; while Pokemon sun and moon (2016) started the seventh generation with promising 7.2 million units in its first two weeks.
In the image attached to this news you can see a table in which you can see the ranking of cumulative sales of major Pokémon deliveries until September 30, 2021.
How much will Pokémon Shiny Diamond and Shimmering Pearl sell?
The question now is this: how far will Pokémon Shiny Diamond and Shimmering Pearl go? Everything indicates that the almost 14 million copies of Pokémon Let’s Go! Will be easily exceeded; in fact, it is even more plausible to think that the more than 17 million units sold of the original Nintendo DS Pearl and Diamond deliveries are exceeded. Everything will depend on your ability to be attractive after three or four quarters.
Pokémon Shiny Diamond and Shimmering Pearl are available exclusively for Nintendo Switch in physical and digital formats.
Source | Gamebiz
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