Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee has received a mix of both praise and criticism for changing the game formula. However, the new pair of titles in the Pokemon series is still doing well in sales numbers on the market. The initial sales of the games have been revealed through a tweet on the Japanese Twitter account @poke_times:
#ピカブイ をプレイくれているみなさんのおかげで
発売初週の世界累計販売本数が 300万本を達成🎉
Nintendo Swtichソフトとして、発売初週の世界最高販売本数を更新したそうです!もっとたくさんの人に遊んでもらえるよう
これからも #ピカブイ の魅力をお伝えします📡https://t.co/04UWQWHTz8 pic.twitter.com/UNSUcaskcI— 【公式】ポケモン情報局 (@poke_times) November 22, 2018
Now, we can see how the games performed, and it appears that the two Pokemon titles had a level of success on greater than expected. The tweet announced that Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee have collectively sold over 3M units in the first week of the game’s short history.
This is a very successful launch for the Pokemon series itself, which is still going after all these years, though isn’t as quite popular as before. The launch has now become the bets first-week release in the entirety of the Switch sales history.
However, the fact that the user base for the Nintendo Switch has grown since other games like Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda: BotW have definitely contributed to these sales figures for getting the users pooled together for the next major release.
Regardless, these two games are now the leader in week-one sales on the Nintendo Switch’s relatively short history. The only other game that I can see breaking this record in the coming weeks is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
We’ll report back to see how they compare soon after launch in early December. There’s a lot to be excited for Switch fans.
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