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Pokemon Sun and Moon sold 1,905,107 units in its first 3 days in Japan according to Famitsu's report http://www.famitsu.com/news/201611/22121241.html

This is slightly down from X and Y which sold 2,096,050 in its first 2 days (so 1 day less of tracking than SM got here). This doesn't include digital/eShop sales but includes double packs and DL cards. Total 3DS family hardware sales in the Sun & Moon launch week were 113,987.

This is the second highest first week sales for a 3DS game in Japan after X & Y. And the ninth highest first week sales of all time in Japan.

Ranking of Pokemon debut sales in Japan thanks to https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search:

 

[AnathemicOne]

Don't know why it wouldn't include digital sales, however I'm curious to see how it did worldwide.

 

[Jpop]

That's pretty good yo.

 

[Platy]

This includes preorders ?

 

[kuroneko0509]

Don't know why it wouldn't include digital sales, however I'm curious to see how it did worldwide.

because they cannot really track it. not all digital sales come from digital code sold from the retailers.
edit: oh the DL cards are included in the 1.9m

 

[random25]

Slightly down from X/Y. But still a pretty good launch!

Now to see how long its legs will gonna be...

 

[L.O.R.D]

But does that includes the pre order sale in Japan?

 

[Aters]

As expected I guess. Not exceptional, solid nonetheless.

The game won't have very good leg due to being so late in the console cycle, but Pokemon Star on Switch will more than make up for that.

 

[ZAMtendo]

I'd assume the digital sales are higher than usual though...

I almost bought it digital but the £10 extra didn't justify it for me.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Was there a heatwave?

 

[Rymuth]

Was there a heatwave?

Now there's a blast from the past

 

[The Last One]

This includes preorders ?

But does that includes the pre order sale in Japan?

Yes, no reason to not include it.

 

[Dark Cloud]

It doesn't include digital sales so it's not really telling.

 

[crinale]

A bit smaller than X & Y. However given that 3DS is getting a little old, I guess it is quite solid performance.

 

[Arex]

Dang, almost 2mil..pretty good sales I'd think!

Will probably be the first pokemon since ... sapphire? that I'm thinking of getting, as I haven't been into portable since the gba.

 

[SuperSah]

Jesus that's insane and it still hasn't launched here in Europe.

 

[MrCookiepants]

That's honestly shocking that it did less than XY.

 

[Glass Rebel]

where is that thread for games that performed worse because of their predecessors?

 

[cw_sasuke]

That's honestly shocking that it did less than XY.

Is it ? X/Y was the first new main game on 3DS and the first full 3D Pokemon, so the initial hype was quite large. The legs will be more important - but with Stars upcoming we will have to see how what kind of impact it will have on Sun/Moon.

Including digital it probably sold around 2m as well - so the difference isnt that high.

 

[Aostia]

great, as expected!
let's wait for ww numbers too and for Nintendo numbers including digital sales!

 

[Nick]

Worse than X and Y? #Pray4Nintendo

 

[Rowlet]

Pretty good considering US overtook japan as a Pokemon stronghold. US figures should be much better than this. Imo

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Well Pokemon, you had a good run.

 

[tolkir]

where is that thread for games that performed worse because of their predecessors?

We want to wait FFXV.

Those sales are lost because Eurogamer. /s

 

[Jawbreaker]

Bomba bomba bomba. How will the franchise recover from here?

 

[Neonep]

Pretty good considering US overtook japan as a Pokemon stronghold. US figures should be much better than this. Imo

US sales are going to be nuts. I have a small circle of friends and 2 already bought copies & another 4 or 5 are considering getting it.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Bomba bomba bomba. How will the franchise recover from here?

Probably in a hospital bed made of gold.

 

[JoeM86]

Was there a heatwave?

Because it sold almost 2 million that means it's bad?

Come on

 

[Blablurn]

Impressive sales

 

[random25]

Pretty good considering US overtook japan as a Pokemon stronghold. US figures should be much better than this. Imo

10 million worldwide shipment at launch should be a pretty good indicator.

 

[Oblivion]

All joking aside, isn't this kind of a bomba since Dragonquest VIII sold 2.4 million in only 24 hours?

 

[JoeM86]

That's honestly shocking that it did less than XY.

Not really. Market's a different place. Just have to see the weekly charts to see the Japanese dedicated market has gone to hell

 

[lupinko]

I know, I contributed three copies to that:

1 cart Sun
1 cart Moon
1 eshop Moon

I bought my carts at the local Pokémon Center so I got the bonus artbook and Solgaleo and Lunala figures.

 

[Possumowner]

That's pretty damn good considering the Japanese market currently

 

[SinCityAssassin]

All joking aside, isn't this kind of a bomba since Dragonquest VIII sold 2.4 million in only 24 hours?

The original one? That's Dragon Quest in a larger market 12 years ago.

the 3DS one opened at over half a million.

 

[LordKano]

If we take into account the growth of digital on 3DS, S/M probably sold on par with X/Y.

 

[Aleh]

Worldwide sales are gonna be higher than XY anyways, Pokémon got more popular in the rest of the world compared to Japan in recent times

 

[cvxfreak]

I find these numbers somewhat disappointing. There were so many indicators that Pokemon was primed for some growth, and that may still happen over the long term, but these launch sales are lower than I expected.

November is supposed to be a bigger period for sales than October (when XY launched) and September (when BW launched). This is probably why ORAS enjoyed a bigger launch than HGSS.

At the same time, virtually nothing else in the Japanese market is meeting its historical highs these days, and this could be a reflection of that continuing trend.

 

[random25]

All joking aside, isn't this kind of a bomba since Dragonquest VIII sold 2.4 million in only 24 hours?

I thought you said all joking aside? lol

How can this be bomba when the OP said:

This is the second highest first week sales for a 3DS game in Japan after X & Y. And the ninth highest first week sales of all time in Japan.

And this is without full digital yet, so it might move up a bit.

 

[Roo]

Not really. Market's a different place. Just have to see the weekly charts to see the Japanese dedicated market has gone to hell

Switch am cry

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Does any one have the Media Create result or do we have to wait for the whole chart, considering there's always that weird difference in units between these two?

 

[Notor!ousG]

All joking aside, isn't this kind of a bomba since Dragonquest VIII sold 2.4 million in only 24 hours?

Are you serious?
Lots of publishers would want that first week sales...

I really hate the word bomba.

 

[kuroneko0509]

Does any one have the Media Create result or do we have to wait for the whole chart, considering there's always that weird difference in units between these two?

wait for whole chart. iirc media create rarely do early reports

 

[Mario007]

They're not as good numbers as expected since this number includes the double pack and counts it as two copies.

The age of the 3DS can be the reason why, but then again Black and White did manage 2.6 million at late stage of DS's lifecycle

 

[Some Nobody]

Asking is this a bomb or not when its outsold everything aside from X/Y and Black/White is insane. 1.9m is excellent for any game in Japan that's not fully mobile.

 

[Aleh]

They're not as good numbers as expected since this number includes the double pack and counts it as two copies.

The age of the 3DS can be the reason why, but then again Black and White did manage 2.6 million at late stage of DS's lifecycle

BW had no digital purchase option, and I'm pretty sure digital sales have grown since XY days

 

[crinale]

..and Pokemon go didn't have much of the effect,

 

[Claude Augario]

Sun and Doom.

 

[Nibel]

Number is useless without digital sales

 

[KHlover]

Suprising reactions in here. Are people really disappointed a game released at the end of the system's lifetime didn't instantly outsell the most hyped Pokemon game of this generation? X/Y pre-release hype was off the charts, just matching that is an excellent result. Sure, userbase is larger now, but as CoD and TF2 and WD2 have recently shown again game sales don't increase with the userbase in a linear way.

Btw anyone know how first week sales of BW2 compared to DP?