Pokemon Sun and Moon become fastest-selling games in Nintendo history in the Americas, 3.7 million copies sold
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Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have become the fastest-selling games that Nintendo has ever launched in the Americas, the company announced today. The two titles have collectively sold 3.7 million units in under two weeks.
Pokemon Sun/Moon experienced an 85 percent increase over Poekmon X/Y. Previously, X/Y held the records as Nintendo’s fastest-selling games during the same period.
It’s also worth mentioning that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were the most pre-ordered games in Nintendo history.
Today’s full announcement can be read below.
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Media Create sales (11/21/16 – 11/27/16)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 45,622
PS4 – 33,859
2DS – 18,158
Vita – 12,240
PS4 Pro – 8,243
New 3DS – 6,955
Wii U – 3,493
Xbox One – 778
PS3 – 623
3DS – 482
3DS LL – 95
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 81,044
PS4 – 25,605
2DS – 17,769
PS4 Pro – 12,421
Vita – 9,191
New 3DS – 8,193
Wii U – 3,251
PS3 – 625
3DS – 529
Xbox One – 186
3DS LL – 96
And here are the software charts:
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Yo-kai Watch 2DS bundle was a hot commodity on Cyber Monday
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Yesterday, we received some information about sales focused around the Black Friday / Thanksgiving shopping period. The NES Classic Edition and New 3DS XL Solgaleo Lunala Black Edition were both cited as “products most likely to run out-of-stock”.
So how about Cyber Monday? Well, additional data from Adobe indicates that the Yo-kai Watch 2DS bundle was at risk for running out of stock. No specific data was provided, but it sounds like Nintendo has done pretty well in sales over the past few days.
Pokemon Sun/Moon are top Black Friday game sellers, NES Classic Edition among items “most likely to run out-of-stock”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
Adobe has reported some findings about Black Friday and Thanksgiving sales in the United States based on its online shopping data.
First and foremost, Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were the top sellers across all video games. The NES Classic Edition and New 3DS XL Solgaleo Lunala Black Edition are said to be among “products most likely to run out-of-stock”.
Over in the UK, HookLogic says that Nintendo, Pokémon and NES Classic Edition were a few of most-searched toys between November 7 and November 21.
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Pokemon Sun & Moon are Nintendo’s biggest ever launch in the UK
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments
Pokemon Sun & Moon were finally released in the UK and in Europe last Wednesday, and it looks like the delayed release compared to the rest of the world hasn’t hurt sales of the games at all.
In fact, according to Eurogamer, Pokemon Sun & Moon are Nintendo’s biggest ever launch in the United Kingdom – the two games combined sold more in one day than Wii Fit did in two weeks when it launched back in 2008. To put it into perspective, that’s more than 300,000 units.
This is even more impressive considering that the UK is usually one of Nintendo’s worst markets in the UK – it’s likely that Pokemon Sun & Moon sold even better in countries where Nintendo has a stronger presence, like France and Germany. Part of this sales success can definitely be attributed to Pokemon GO; sales of Pokemon X, Y and ORAS spiked during the summer when GO was released, and it’s likely that some of that carried over to Sun & Moon.
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UK software sales (Week ending 11/26/2016) – Wii U/3DS charts
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This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard
3. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
4. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
7. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
8. Pokken Tournament- Nintendo
9. Lego Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
3DS
1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
8. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 11/26/2016)
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Japan’s best-selling games of October 2016
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The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of October 2016. You can check out the full results below.
Media Create software sales (11/14/16 – 11/20/16) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
02./00. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon Dual Pack {Pokemon Sun \ Pokemon Moon}
03./05. [PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare #
04./02. [PS4] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star #
05./01. [PSV] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star #
06./09. [PS4] Battlefield 1
07./04. [PS4] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Special Edition
08./08. [PS4] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2
09./12. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
10./07. [3DS] Beyblade Burst
11./17. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
12./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories #
13./18. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
14./10. [PS4] Titanfall 2
15./03. [3DS] PriPara Mezameyo! Megami no Dress Design #
16./15. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization #
17./11. [PSV] World of Final Fantasy #
18./14. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization #
19./00. [PSV] Hakuoki: Yuugi Roku – Taishitachi no Daienkai #
20./24. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
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Pokemon Sun/Moon – Japanese split for the two versions, sales for the special New 3DS XL designs, more
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Media Create reported that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon sold 1.591 million copies in its first three days in Japan. Additional information from the sales tracker reveals that Sun sold 808,000 copies while Moon was at 783,000 units.
If you count the Double Pack which also sold 151,000 units (containing two games in each), the overall total is 1.893 million. That puts Pokemon Sun/Moon at the same scale as X/Y, which sold 1.867 million in first week without the Double Pack. Both also have the relatively same sell-through rate of about 80 percent.
