NPD: Pokémon Sword and Shield managed to “achieve the highest launch month dollar sales of any Pokémon release in U.S. history”

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate recently became the best-selling fighting game in history. According to NPD analyst Mat Piscatella, the Nintendo Switch exclusive "is now the best-selling Fighting game in U.S. history, with a lifetime dollar sales total surpassing that of the previous best-selling Fighting game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl." Meanwhile, Pokémon Sword and Shield are … Continue reading NPD: Pokémon Sword and Shield managed to “achieve the highest launch month dollar sales of any Pokémon release in U.S. history”

NPD: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game in US history

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate recently became the best-selling fighting game in history. According to NPD analyst Mat Piscatella, the Nintendo Switch exclusive "is now the best-selling Fighting game in U.S. history, with a lifetime dollar sales total surpassing that of the previous best-selling Fighting game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl." Meanwhile, Pokémon Sword and Shield are … Continue reading NPD: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game in US history

NPD: “Nintendo Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of November”

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The NPD Group has revealed that Nintendo Switch managed to outsell Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in November 2019. “Nintendo Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of November and remains the best-selling platform of 2019,” NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said. “Hardware spending in November 2019 declined 26 percent when compared to a year ago, … Continue reading NPD: “Nintendo Switch was again the best-selling hardware platform of November”

NPD: Pokémon Sword and Shield are best-sellers for November 2019

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The NPD Group has revealed which games were top sellers in the U.S. for November 2019, including Pokémon Sword, Pokémon Shield, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pokémon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Detective Pikachu and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. The full results in each relevant category are as follows: Software The best-selling games of November 2019 in the U.S. Call of Duty: … Continue reading NPD: Pokémon Sword and Shield are best-sellers for November 2019

Pokémon Sword and Shield reappear atop the Famitsu sales charts with an additional 201,838 copies sold in Japan

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With Media Create no longer offering free data, Pokémon Sword and Shield have reappeared at the very top of the Famitsu sales charts in Japan. The latest Japanese sales charts are as follows: Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) 12/02/19 – 12/08/19 [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 201,838 (2,224,881) [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 34,122 … Continue reading Pokémon Sword and Shield reappear atop the Famitsu sales charts with an additional 201,838 copies sold in Japan

UK charts: Pokémon Sword and Shield reappear in the top 10 for the week ending December 7

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Pokémon Sword and Shield are now available for Nintendo Switch, and they're performing exceptionally well in terms of sales on the UK charts. Read on below to learn more: Here is the UKIE/GfK Top Ten for the week ending December 7: Last Week This Week Title 4 1 FIFA 20 1 2 Call of Duty: … Continue reading UK charts: Pokémon Sword and Shield reappear in the top 10 for the week ending December 7

Nintendo Switch achieves its best week of sales ever in the US, Pokémon Sword and Shield surpass 3 million copies sold in the Americas

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Nintendo Switch Achieves Its Best Week of Sales Ever in the U.S. Nintendo Switch Sold More Than 830,000 Units Over Thanksgiving Week. Over Thanksgiving week (Nov. 24 to Nov. 30), the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite systems sold a combined total of more than 830,000 units in the U.S., according to internal data. This … Continue reading Nintendo Switch achieves its best week of sales ever in the US, Pokémon Sword and Shield surpass 3 million copies sold in the Americas

Nintendo Switch officially outsells PS3 in Japan

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The Nintendo Switch family of systems recently managed to surpass 10 million units sold in Japan alone. This impressive figure was achieved primarily due to immensely-popular games, such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee, and Pokémon Sword and Shield. The Switch has also managed to ooffiically outsell the PlayStation 3 … Continue reading Nintendo Switch officially outsells PS3 in Japan

Pokémon Sword and Shield have sold over 3 million copies in the Americas alone as of November 30, 2019

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Nintendo of America recently announced that after selling more than 6 million units worldwide during launch weekend, the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games are among the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch games of all time. Additionally, the games sold just over 2 million copies in the first two days in the U.S., making it the highest-grossing … Continue reading Pokémon Sword and Shield have sold over 3 million copies in the Americas alone as of November 30, 2019

Pokémon Sword and Shield reappear atop the Famitsu sales charts with an additional 275,959 copies sold in Japan

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With Media Create no longer offering free data, Pokémon Sword and Shield have reappeared at the very top of the Famitsu sales charts in Japan. The latest Japanese sales charts are as follows: Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) 11/25/19 – 12/01/19 [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 275,959 (2,023,043) [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays (Limited … Continue reading Pokémon Sword and Shield reappear atop the Famitsu sales charts with an additional 275,959 copies sold in Japan