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People are really focusing too much on the sales of the games...
Pokemon is a franchise, it's income is more than just the core rpg's, even though that is still a relevant portion of it's revenue. Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee have sold nearly 11 million copies and they have only been on the market for about 7 months now. Combined, they are the 5th best selling Nintendo Switch games.
That graphic is a year old, and at the time USUM had only been on the market for about 6-7 months. USUM have sold 8.3 million copies worldwide. Pokemon Sun and Moon have sold about as many copies as Pokemon XY sold, so I don't think that there is any "decline" in sales - Sun and Moon sold considerably well when you take into account that SM were the second generation of Pokemon games on the 3DS. Sun/Moon sales are at about 16 million worldwide, same for XY, and Nintendo 3DS sales worldwide are 75-78 million depending on where you course that information at; whereas the Nintendo DS sold 150 million units worldwide and DP sold 18 million. The DS had a larger install base, yet DP only managed to sell 2 million more than XY/SM.
In conclusion, I think there is room for SwSh to do well, I think the fact that the Switch is playing the role of being both a handheld console, and a "standard" console may bring in more fans because it's no longer limited to handheld. I know I sound overly optimistic, and I'm not defending SwSh to make it out to be a good game, just the odds of the game selling well are really in its favor.
Pokemon is a franchise, it's income is more than just the core rpg's, even though that is still a relevant portion of it's revenue. Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee have sold nearly 11 million copies and they have only been on the market for about 7 months now. Combined, they are the 5th best selling Nintendo Switch games.
Since we're talking about sales now, I thought I would try looking for sales numbers with each major Pokemon game. I found this on Reddit, though I have no idea how accurate it is. (This was posted a year ago.)
It's not surprising that sales dropped significantly after Gen 2 (I'm surprised by how little Crystal sold though), What is interesting though is the gradual dips beginning with XY. I'm curious where Sw/Sh will end up being after several years on the market.
That graphic is a year old, and at the time USUM had only been on the market for about 6-7 months. USUM have sold 8.3 million copies worldwide. Pokemon Sun and Moon have sold about as many copies as Pokemon XY sold, so I don't think that there is any "decline" in sales - Sun and Moon sold considerably well when you take into account that SM were the second generation of Pokemon games on the 3DS. Sun/Moon sales are at about 16 million worldwide, same for XY, and Nintendo 3DS sales worldwide are 75-78 million depending on where you course that information at; whereas the Nintendo DS sold 150 million units worldwide and DP sold 18 million. The DS had a larger install base, yet DP only managed to sell 2 million more than XY/SM.
In conclusion, I think there is room for SwSh to do well, I think the fact that the Switch is playing the role of being both a handheld console, and a "standard" console may bring in more fans because it's no longer limited to handheld. I know I sound overly optimistic, and I'm not defending SwSh to make it out to be a good game, just the odds of the game selling well are really in its favor.