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[Rence]

TOTK did that with no holiday sales boost  unlike Scarlet and Violet which is already  trailing behind Sword and Shield’s launch year
 

 

 

 

[Kern]

I still haven't finish it because I'm to scared of final fight and kinda don't wanna do it 

Like I just want to get this over with and complete the side quests 

[Graves]

Not Mario Odyssey her recurrent sales bringing it above Pokemon Fraud and Scam again

 

There was a point where the girls thought those games would catch Breath of the Wild... but quality sometimes wins.

[Eóghan]

1 hour ago, Subomie said:

There was a point where the girls thought those games would catch Breath of the Wild... but quality sometimes wins.

yep I still remember when Sw/Sh and BoTw were neck to neck, the pokemon girlies would swear on their life that they would win the race in the end because they caught up to Botw in just a few months 

 

i've said it and I'll say it again but the growth in consumers for the pokemon franchise in the switch era compared to other franchises is disappointing. it used to be the biggest franchise for nintendo beside Mario and yet it didn't translate in it's growth compared to Mario, Zelda and Animal Crossing.

after the 'pokemon go' phenomenon everything was aligned for complete dominance but they dropped the ball by letting 'game freak' sabotage the reputation/word-of-mouth of the franchise and leaving it in it's worst state as of today. 

 

[znake]

5 hours ago, Eóghan said:

yep I still remember when Sw/Sh and BoTw were neck to neck, the pokemon girlies would swear on their life that they would win the race in the end because they caught up to Botw in just a few months 

 

i've said it and I'll say it again but the growth in consumers for the pokemon franchise in the switch era compared to other franchises is disappointing. it used to be the biggest franchise for nintendo beside Mario and yet it didn't translate in it's growth compared to Mario, Zelda and Animal Crossing.

after the 'pokemon go' phenomenon everything was aligned for complete dominance but they dropped the ball by letting 'game freak' sabotage the reputation/word-of-mouth of the franchise and leaving it in it's worst state as of today. 

 

Imagine calling Pokemon sales on Switch “disappointing”

 

 

[Rence]

6 minutes ago, znake said:

Imagine calling Pokemon sales on Switch “disappointing”

 

 

The Switch will be the first Nintendo console that won’t have a mainline Pokemon game in its top 5. It’s not exactly disappointing but the lack of growth in sales compared to other franchises is definitely something worth noting 

[Miles.]

6 hours ago, Eóghan said:

yep I still remember when Sw/Sh and BoTw were neck to neck, the pokemon girlies would swear on their life that they would win the race in the end because they caught up to Botw in just a few months 

 

i've said it and I'll say it again but the growth in consumers for the pokemon franchise in the switch era compared to other franchises is disappointing. it used to be the biggest franchise for nintendo beside Mario and yet it didn't translate in it's growth compared to Mario, Zelda and Animal Crossing.

after the 'pokemon go' phenomenon everything was aligned for complete dominance but they dropped the ball by letting 'game freak' sabotage the reputation/word-of-mouth of the franchise and leaving it in it's worst state as of today. 

 

This is really interesting, because as someone who had never played Zelda or Pokemon before this year, I watched my friend play Violet for a couple hours and enjoyed it.  I was considering picking it up myself, but then I watched him play TOTK a couple months later and went out and immediately bought BOTW for myself.  I can't imagine going back and getting Pokemon now.

 

Talent always wins I guess

[znake]

3 hours ago, Rence said:

The Switch will be the first Nintendo console that won’t have a mainline Pokemon game in its top 5. It’s not exactly disappointing but the lack of growth in sales compared to other franchises is definitely something worth noting 

but why you no compare previous Pokemon from other consoles instead  also Switch has a LOT of Pokemon gamos so the sales split 

 

[fountain]

Zelda bigger than Pokémon confirmed  Fire Emblem next I fear!

[Rence]

8 hours ago, znake said:

but why you no compare previous Pokemon from other consoles instead  also Switch has a LOT of Pokemon gamos so the sales split 

 

DS has more Pokemon games and they have more entries in the top 5/10/20 

[znake]

2 hours ago, Rence said:

DS has more Pokemon games and they have more entries in the top 5/10/20 

Make a comparison or all sales of Pokémon games from DS , 3DS and Switch 

[Rence]

42 minutes ago, znake said:

Make a comparison or all sales of Pokémon games from DS , 3DS and Switch 

Girl we’re talking about sales growth Pokemon’s jump in sales during the Switch era isn’t impressive compared to other franchises

[thatsmydemi]

I'll never understand Nintendivas calling Pokémon sales on Switch disappointing.

 

Like yeah it didn't go from 4m to 30m like Zelda but that's basically because Pokémon games' average was like 15m per game. They have always sold incredibly well.

 

Now the mainline titles are crossing 25M sales. They got their second biggest sold game after 25 years with Sword and Shield, and looks like it's going to be outsold by Scarlet and Violet. 

 

And all this with shitty games. They are also hurt by yearly releases and poor critical/GP reception yet their two latest mainline games have crossed 25M. If anything, it's more impressive than any other franchise

 

Edited August 4, 2023 by thatsmydemi

[Graves]

25mil is insane sales for any games, but I do think it's worth discussing how front-loaded they were and how bad the recurrents are for SwSh. Doing 100k updates when every other game in that top ten is seeing like 500k bumps and more...

 

Not a hate post btw! This is genuine curiosity!

 

Is it just a case of SwSh being bad games (eventually) derailing their sales train? Or does Pokemon as a whole have a kind of market cap compared to Animal Crossing, Mario and Zelda?

[Kern]

I mean since Gamefreak is kinda holding Pokemon fans hostage with those bad productions fans just have no choice but to buy their stuff. There are no other games like that.

Casual players will google best Nintendo games and Zelda, AC, Mario will more likely pop up

[thatsmydemi]

1 hour ago, Subomie said:

25mil is insane sales for any games, but I do think it's worth discussing how front-loaded they were and how bad the recurrents are for SwSh. Doing 100k updates when every other game in that top ten is seeing like 500k bumps and more...

 

Not a hate post btw! This is genuine curiosity!

 

Is it just a case of SwSh being bad games (eventually) derailing their sales train? Or does Pokemon as a whole have a kind of market cap compared to Animal Crossing, Mario and Zelda?

 

Pokemon's sales have always worked like this though. Their games cannibalize each other. Every time a new gen is out, the previous one dies in sales. It's nothing new. 

[znake]

6 hours ago, Rence said:

Girl we’re talking about sales growth Pokemon’s jump in sales during the Switch era isn’t impressive compared to other franchises

 

 

Violet and Scarlet both combined will be around 30 million by end of Switch lifetime 

Sword / Pokémon Shield also 30 million 

 

let’s go series 18 million 
 

what do you expect?  100 million per game ?

[Rence]

1 hour ago, znake said:

 

 

Violet and Scarlet both combined will be around 30 million by end of Switch lifetime 

Sword / Pokémon Shield also 30 million 

 

let’s go series 18 million 
 

what do you expect?  100 million per game ?

Good luck booking those 30 million sales you speak of  given how frontloaded they are the only way they’ll reach that number is when TPC/Nintendo decides to port them to Switch 2 

[Kern]

I wish someone could do final battle in TOTK for me. I'd even pay 

[feelslikeadream]

Gag, I can finally play the first RDR

 

 

[Rence]

I used to make fun of Pikmin but now I’m obsessed with Pikmin 4 

[TaggedGalaxy]

If we don’t get another Triangle Strategy game 

[Hallad173]

On 8/3/2023 at 1:58 PM, fountain said:

Zelda bigger than Pokémon confirmed  Fire Emblem next I fear!

Not with Fire Emblem Engage stopping the bag and serving flop 2nd single! 

 

We need another Three Houses level serve STAT! 
 

Spoiler

Or a Path Of Radiance Remake since y he girlies love Muscle Daddy Ike  

 

[Kern]

Is Pikmin 4 any good?

[znake]

1 hour ago, the70s said:

Is Pikmin 4 any good?

Yes , it is slaying on charts  another 10 million seller me fears