2022-12-06
Unreal sales within the first three days
According to an official announcement issued by Nintendo , Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet achieved the most successful debut of any game in the long history of the Japanese giant.
Going into details, the 9th generation of the beloved franchise debuted exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on November 18th and immediately swept sales. Specifically, within the first three days, retail and digital sales combined exceeded 10 million! As the official announcement points out: "This is the highest level of worldwide sales for any software on any Nintendo platform in the first three days."
In fact, we're not only talking about the best debut ever on a Nintendo console, but also the best exclusive debut ever . Specifically, a few hours ago Sony Santa Monica broke the PlayStation record, with God of War Ragnarök selling 5.1 million copies at launch. Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet not only surpassed that number, they even managed to double the sales!
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet bring some new ideas to the series and freshen it up slightly, with new features that are definitely worth it. This is the classic and successful recipe of Nintendo, with the 9th generation being extremely interesting, with brand new Pokémon, new missions and ideas that will surely ring a bell with die-hard gamers. Is this the next step anyone has been waiting for from Game Freak? The answer is…about. It's a classic Pokémon game, but fully open in its world. The various problems I ran into from the beginning put me slightly off the pace, although many have been fixed with the recent patch. I think he wanted a better "polish" from Nintendo in terms of his technicals. However, if you're a fan of the series or want to dabble in a Pokémon game on your Switch,
