Pokémon Sun and Moon Boost 3DS Sales in Japanese Charts

That's a lot of hardware and software sold for one company in one week! Well done Nintendo!

Was the ps4 pro released the same week?

That's some mighty impressive sales for 3DS, both hardware and software. I remember Monster Hunter Stories having massive sales but it barely shifted any extra hardware.

And those are not good numbers for the PS4 Pro.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Probably got a decent boost from Pokemon Go players!

Weird that they count Sun and Moon as one game but the double pack as a different game

Nice week for Nintendo, finally! Hopefully from now on the charts will count the 3DS and 3DS XL as one, and the New 3DS and New 3DS XL as one, because it's getting a bit a messy haha

BOOSTO!

According to those Media Create numbers, Sun/Moon have opened higher than X/Y when you combine both listings at 1,893,387. Second only to B/W, I believe.

@chardir @ACK DIdn't they used to represent them as 2 different games? I think this was down to their Retail barcodes numbery type things ( SDKs?).
Also - I understand that Eshop downloads are much much much higher than 3 years ago! D - it should be a record breaking Pokemon game for sales!

I find it funny that people seem to have the same idea. Namely, "The PS4 Pro is coming out? I should get a regular PS4 while it's cheaper!" A bit more on topic, I think I may wait until next year for Pokemon Stars if the rumors are true.

@ACK I think the 1,893,387 figure is referring to the games seperately, not including the dual pack. I may be wrong though.

@Capital70Q That figure counts the dual pack as 2 games, which makes for an equivalent comparison to past releases.

@cfgk24 While digital could add significantly to sales (usually in the realm of 10-20%), it's unlikely to be enough to put Sun/Moon at the top. B/W is the highest launch of any game ever in Japan at over 2,500,000 copies sold first week. That number may never be topped...

Woohoo !
New 3DS XL Extremely Win !
Hah, eat that Sony !

Its sold 1,893,387 million more than X/Y. XY did not have a dual pack so its likely a lot of people bought two copies too.

The two main versions of each Pokémon generation are basically just two different SKU's of the same game, so I think it's valid to count them as one.

The issue isn't combining the two SKUs as one, that's what all the launch numbers represent. The issue is with the dual pack counting as one sale even though it is effectively two games sold. The FW sales of the other Pokemon games are counting each individual game sold without any such bundle, so it's fair to count the dual pack as two individual games for Sun/Moon if we are making a comparison.

@ACK Eh, I think it's better this way. Just double the Double Pack's numbers and you get that amount of individual units, in a sense. It's too confusing to lump individual units and multi unit packs together.

@PlywoodStick What? I was simply pointing out that the FW sales of Sun/Moon are higher than X/Y if you count each individual game sold. That means doubling the dual pack, as you said, giving a FW sales total of 1,893,387 compared to 1,866,570 FW sales of X/Y. The article states that X/Y sold more while counting each dual pack sale as a single game sold, which I was pointing out isn't a proper comparison since X/Y didn't have a dual pack option at launch.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
The 3DS sold well over 100,000 units in Japan the week Monster Hunter X was released back in November 2015.

@ACK Ah, I see what you mean now. Good catch! Nintendo Life should update their figures.

@westman98 My bad. I meant Stories.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/10/monster_hunter_stories_takes_number_one_spot_in_japan_but_falls_well_short_of_main_series_sales

Actually looking back, the games sales were dwarved by the 2 new Pokemon games.

What happened to the nes mini? did it sell 0 in week 2?

@Capital70Q I thought the same thing, but then I realized I didn't want to wait a year to play this game. If you're a Pokemon fan it's well worth buying now. Pokemon game trade values tend to be pretty solid where I am, so even if the Stars rumor turns out to be true I figure I can just move everything to Bank and just trade in my Sun version for Stars.

@NoxAeturnus I guess, but I'm not THAT big of a Pokemon fan. I just figure I'll see how this whole situation shakes out before deciding what to purchase and commiting money, you know?

I never bothered to finish ORAS as it just didn't grab me. I loved Moon though and may grab Sun, I feel inspired to actually try to complete a full pokedex for once.

@Capital70Q Oh sure, if you're willing to wait it's definitely the cheaper option. I really hope the Stars rumor is true too.

Not sure if your dates are wrong, but the Pro sold over 60k systems last chart, with the seperation this week being due to Nintendo complaining about the 3DS, LL and New 3DS and LL receiving 4 seperate listings.
Media Create themselves didn't seperate the listing.
But no, it's cool.
Assume that Sony randomly sold 90k PS4's JUST before new hardware released and tell yourselves that's logical.

@ThomasBW84 in fact, it was you yourself that made a note of Media Create's seperation, remarking PS4 Pro sold 65k units.
It has been a week though. I'm sure it's been exhausting.
I mean, a new Pokemon doesn't happen every year.
It must be Pokemon Go. It's ruined everything.

Yay X&Y! I think all the Pokémon games are under appreciated in their time.