Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee have noteworthy impact on driving new Nintendo Switch sales

As expected, Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee are significantly driving new Nintendo Switch sales across the globe, including in the U.S. The following comes from gaming industry sales tracker Benji-Sales: Tracking for the $199 Spider-Man PS4 bundle as well as Switch hardware in general is off to a tremendous start. The Pokemon … Continue reading Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee have noteworthy impact on driving new Nintendo Switch sales

Pokemon Let’s Go opening week sales in Japan are above 600,000

The Japanese video game sales charts for 12th-18th November have arrived, telling us how well Pokemon Let's Go sold in its first three days on sale. When including all the different bundles, the newest Pokemon titles sold 661,240 units, making it the number one selling game and over 500,000 more units than the second best … Continue reading Pokemon Let’s Go opening week sales in Japan are above 600,000

NPD Group: Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee is the most important launch of the year

According to The NPD Group, Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee are cumulatively the most important launch of the year. Here's what NPD analyst Mat Piscatella had to say about early reception of the latest duo of Pokémon games: Lots of positivity and optimism around Pokemon: Let's Go, including leading in Twitch viewership. … Continue reading NPD Group: Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee is the most important launch of the year

Pokémon Silver, Gold, Pinball, Crystal, Trading Card Game, Stadium and Super Smash Bros. among the best-selling games of all time on Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64

The NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella recently unveiled the best-selling games on the consoles of the mid to late 90s in the U.S. To no one's surprise, the top Game Boy Color games include several Pokémon titles, including Pokémon Silver, Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Pinball, Pokémon Crystal and Pokémon Trading Card Game. On Nintendo 64, Pokémon … Continue reading Pokémon Silver, Gold, Pinball, Crystal, Trading Card Game, Stadium and Super Smash Bros. among the best-selling games of all time on Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64

Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee debut on the latest UK charts at numbers 4 and 6

Sales of Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee are already off to a great start in the UK. Spyro Reignited Trilogy, which was also released last week, is also showing early signs of success, as explained by the folks at GamesIndustry.biz: The launch of Pokémon Let's Go had a positive impact on Nintendo Switch hardware … Continue reading Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee debut on the latest UK charts at numbers 4 and 6

Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee sales in the UK already off to a great start

Unsurprisingly, sales of Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee are already off to a great start in the UK. Spyro Reignited Trilogy, which was also released earlier this week, is also showing early signs of success: Rumblings from retail is that it’ll be a decent week for Pokemon and Spyro. A poor week … Continue reading Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee sales in the UK already off to a great start

Pokémon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Crystal and Detective Pikachu appear on the latest UK charts for the week ending November 10

It was another great week for the Pokémon franchise in terms of video game sales. Multiple Pokémon games have reappeared on the latest UK software sales charts for Nintendo 3DS for the week ending November 10, 2018. These include Detective Pikachu, Pokémon Ultra Sun, Pokémon Ultra Moon and Pokémon Crystal on Nintendo 3DS. TOP 20 NINTENDO 3DS, WEEK ENDING 10 November 2018 … Continue reading Pokémon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Crystal and Detective Pikachu appear on the latest UK charts for the week ending November 10

Famitsu officially stops tracking Wii U hardware sales

Japanese gaming publication Famitsu has confirmed that it has stopped tracking Wii U hardware sales in Japan. The other major Japanese tracker, Media Create, stopped tracking hardware numbers last year in Japan. The final numbers tallied for Japan are officially 3,303,541. To learn more about Famitsu's ranking with video games, click here. Source: Japanese Nintendo