Japanese Charts: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Dominate With Over 2.5 Million Units Sold

That's very pathetic. 🤨
Pokemon Scarlet / Violet game performance are really abysmal.
They don't even deserve for top sales, not even a single copy.
I guess popular things are mostly equal crappy quality in my opinion.

Poor wee Series S.

The unwanted step child of the console family (in Japan at least).

An otherwise great game buried under technical issues due to pigheaded adherence to a deadline. Again, not something that has impacted my enjoyment of the game in any meaningful way, but I would have happily waited a few months if that made the difference between what we got and a more polished experience.

Good to see Splatoon 3 still selling well!

@Anti-Matter or the issues are a bit blown out of proportion which is what usually happens these days. I’m about half way through now on all three paths and haven’t experienced almost any of the issues I’ve seen posted online and haven’t had a single drop/disconnect. 🤷‍♂️

Japanese people really don't care about God of War, huh

Hang on I thought I read that they'd had the biggest launch this year so far? These numbers don't correlate with that fact 🤔

@Otoemetry

Physical only here. It was over 4 million in Japan with digital included.

Even so this was still the biggest physical launch in Japan this year.

@KindofaBigDeal ah ok I didn't realise digital was included in the previous article's sales total. Are digital sales tracked in Japan then? I know Nintendo rarely releases digital sales numbers, preferring to just confirm "total" sales including/excluding digital.

@Otoemetry

Don't think Nintendo reveals digital sales info unless they are bragging after a successful launch where they bundle it in with the physical sales in a PR release.

‘What a performance’ might have been either the worst or best exclamation to use for this one, haha.
Either way, I don’t think they deserve it, not even a little bit, despite enjoying my time with it. Anyone who thinks this is okay just because the glitches haven’t happened to you, the stuttering and inconsistent framerate cannot be avoided, and in a franchise like pokémon swimming in money, we’re allowed to expect so much more. At the very least I hope this is a signal to pokémon that yes, we like this new open world way of playing, but just put in more time and don’t rush it out every time because it’s just embarrassing at this point.

So prepare for a future of rushed and slightly broken Pokémon games I guess.

I decided to test how unfinished the sandwich game was. Basically the only thing I have found that it actually rates the sandwich on is if the top slice is on straight. I literally threw all the filling on the table so it was just bread (I guess it had mayo but that stopped rendering halfway through) and as long as the top slice lined up enough I got 3 stars! Every aspect of this game is unfinished.

Its actually a pretty great pokemon game (not a big fan of pokemon) but this game ia done right (minus the bugs)

Sons really been enjoying this. If he’s happy, I’m happy.

Thought sonic might have held better than it has.

I wonder why all of a sudden they started buying up PS4. It's not like there's anything new on there other than PS5 and PC ports. I guess some are prepping for Christmas early.

guess this will make pokemon stagnant for a decade more till gamefreak will decide to make a real big change for the franchise

Games sold 1.5M digitally in 3 days, debuting with 4.05 Millions total and thus becoming the fastest selling game ever in Japan (Splat3 was previous holder). This is something extraordinary.

Has Nintendo /GameFreak been quiet about the technical issues?

Wow absolutely amazing for switch and Pokémon.

IP over quality it seems.

Proof that thanks to ignorant fanboys of Nintendo that GF knows they NEVER have to try to make a finished project ever again.

Good job guys!

Keep rewarding mediocrity with brand loyalty. We'll never see a truly stunning Pokemon game, now. Pokemon roster update 2023 is looking grim.

@Anti-Matter people never cared about the technical aspect of the Pokémon games, from the start, it was a ver bare bones game, but the formula of the gameplay remains, and it's the reason of its success.

As someone who enjoys seeing entitled outrage mobs not get their way, I'd like to congratulate Game Freak with their unprecedented success with Pokémon Scarlet/Violet!

A lot of butthurt comments on a topic that really doesn't affect those entitled people at all. The success of this game makes me VERY happy. A guy was saying "nintendo fanboys" on a Nintendo website hahahaha. Get a life.

would any pokemon game ever get a 90 score even if it was technically perfect i doubt it 100%

This is the second biggest physical launch ever in Japan, just 100k short of Black/White.

Congratulations Game Freak, you've killed happiness. There is nothing left in the world to bring joy anymore. You've brainwashed the masses into buying your "video game" which is, by all accounts, actually the antichrist in digital form. This game personally offended me, burned down the orphanage, killed my grandma, poisoned the water supply, and unleashed a plague upon all our houses. It's unleashed naught but despair upon the world, from which there shall be no recovery. We as a society are doomed forevermore.

And to all those 10 million people that have already bought the game, I have only one thing to say to you. I hope you enjoy your purchase and have fun with it.

@SteamEngenius Maybe hardcore console players expect way too much from the Pokemon franchise. The series was never meant to be a spectacle marvel in terms of performance and graphical fidelity nor was it ever going to be a massive triple a IP like God of War and Breath of the Wild with a dripping in-deph story, over the top gameplay, full customizable features, and open world. It's just a cartoony virtual pet collect-a-thon in a colorful world where kids could be a kid and have fun, nothing more. It's made to give kids that sense of wonder, adventure, and accomplishment in life before they could venture into other part of their core gaming experience. Adult players complaining about Pokemon is like complaining about why Toy Story doesn't evolve to be like Child's Play. One is for kids and the other is for adult, one is light hearted and the other is dark, one is colorful and the other is atmospheric, one is animated and the other is live action, they're not the same and was never meant to be like the other.

Their bubble is gonna burst someday if they don’t get a handle on quality control. It’ll be a matter of time before the mediocrity finally catches up to them.

People don‘t get it. There are no bugs, it‘s called features!

Boy. The Youtubers were right about them needing a Switch Pro. Nintendo sales have fallen off a cliff!

Judging by the comments I saw about the success of this game some people don't seem to know that they have the option to just not buy the game or at least to refund it if they don't like it. I've bought both games and technical issues aside it's very addicting and enjoyable to play. Though I hope they will fix some of the issues through patches (I doubt it though)

God of war is embarrassing

@Edu23XWiiU The idea of collecting, trading, and link battles as well as some clever marketing, animated shows, toys, merch and the aim for the younger audience all contribute to its success. Nowadays people just whine for the sake of whining. Pokemon will never evolve to the level of Dragon Quest XI or Ni no Kuni, Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri's real intend with the Pokemon franchise is to give kids that sense of wonder, adventure, excitement, discovery, friendship, commitment, responsibility, and connectivity with what they do. It was never about making the franchise into a full blown MMORPG or a triple a JRPG.

"Don't worry lads, God of War is gonna shake things up and domina.....oh wait..."

@PepperMintRex it seriously wont because the niche hardcore who scream and moan about technical issues and graphics etc etc are a super small % of people who play Pokémon. I am not saying they are wrong to moan by the way but just being realistic. Pokémon bubble isn't nowhere near to bursting. People need to stop looking at the internet and YouTube moaners as a representation of Pokémon players.

Another week with very high Lite sales. I guess Pokémon is part of the reason, but I think Nintendo is either holding back some stock of the OG or they are allocating more to other regions? No, that doesn't really make sense...

Also, GF: We fixed the trees, what more do you want?!

@kobashi100 I wouldn't say people are 'niche hardcore' for expecting some quality control from a huge franchise like Pokémon it's not like this is a cheap indie game 😂

I haven't had any game breaking issues, and it's the most fun I've had in a Pokémon game in a good while.

Splatoon 3 is still holding strong, despite Pokemon taking the crown currently. that's impressive (although not shocking)

@Duffman92 There's plenty of bugs like Rellor, Tarontula, and Scyther...

@Would_you_kindly i meant the % of people who are making big noise are a niche hardcore crowd when it comes to Pokémon players. Not anywhere near large enough to cause the Pokémon bubble to burst

High sales low effort.
We can expect it to continue with how much some pokemon fans have been defending Gamefreak like they're the majority stock holder in the company or something.

@Dr_Lugae
Yes I know, I was trying to reference a joke about Apple who sold off their bugs as features. (I‘m an Aplle user myself btw, so please don‘t kill me folks)

I've not had many performance issues either. 35 hours played and 1 crash. Tera Caves stopped spawning for me one day but a quick adjustment to the Switch's clock one day forward and that bug was resolved.

I'm not saying it isn't happening to people but my game has been very stable. Much better than Sonic Frontiers performance wise. I'm not a blind fan boy btw. I'm just not experiencing the bugs everyone is reporting.

@PepperMintRex I feel like people have always been saying this. It's nonsense.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika This is true. It's never gonna be big out there ever, it just ticks all the wrong boxes in Japan. Mad though I've seen comments on here of people shocked by this.

@Serpenterror Exactly. All those reasons you mentioned, is why people buy the Pokémon games, they don't expect it to be an ultra realistic and hard RPG, where Pikachu looks like his live action counterpart, but just a game where they can have fun collecting and training their Pokémon.