UK Retail: Pokemon Let's Go - Biggest opening on Switch (Down 60% compared to S/M, 5% less than X/Y)

The Emperor · Nov 18, 2018

Pokémon Let's Go's launch sales are down compared with previous major Pokémon titles. Opening week sales of Let's Go are down more than 60 per cent compared with 2016's Sun and Moon and are down five per cent compared with 2013's Pokémon X and Y.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...top-hyper-competitive-week-at-uk-games-retail

Apparently there are stock issues as the article also states with some pre-orders not fulfilled.

Now to see if this game has legs which will make up the gap.

Edit:

PRevious pokemon game launch sales (thanks to Bruno):

[Week 21, 2009] POKÉMON PLATINUM (NINTENDO) - 59,000 / NEW
[Week 12, 2010] POKÉMON HEARTGOLD / SOULSILVER (NINTENDO) - 90,000 / NEW
[Week 09, 2011] POKÉMON BLACK / WHITE (NINTENDO) ~ 125,000 - 144,000 / NEW
[Week 41, 2012] POKÉMON BLACK 2 / WHITE 2 (NINTENDO) - 62,000 / NEW
[Week 41, 2013] POKÉMON X / Y (NINTENDO) - 124,000 / NEW
[Week 48, 2014] POKÉMON OMEGA RUBY / ALPHA SAPPHIRE (NINTENDO) - 145,000 / NEW
[Week 47, 2016] POKÉMON SUN / MOON (NINTENDO) - 290,000 / NEW
[Week 46, 2017] POKÉMON ULTRA SUN / ULTRA MOON (NINTENDO) - 78,000 / NEW
[Week 46, 2018] POKEMON LET'S GO, PIKACHU! +POKEMON LET'S GO, EEVEE! (NINTENDO) - 116,000 / NEW

Firestorm · Nov 18, 2018

I was super confused as to how Sun/Moon sold that much more than X/Y until I remembered it was right after Pokémon GO.

Mario_Bones · Nov 18, 2018

That means sales are probably around what you'd expect from remakes, but it's hard to judge given that I've seen a bunch of people in the UK complaining that they didn't get their copies

weekev · Nov 18, 2018

Surely no-one was expecting sun/moon numbers. Also if they didn't even have stock to fulfil preorders the numbers are slightly misleading. 5% less than x/y with those factors is more cause for optimism than anything else IMO.

Lashley · Nov 18, 2018

Not bad at all

pink · Nov 18, 2018

Imagine if this had released in the midst of the GO craze

ZhugeEX · Nov 18, 2018

120k

Pikachu ver. was the best selling one by a notable amount.

Wander · Nov 18, 2018

Switch doesn't have the same install base as the 3DS so it makes sense

Oregano · Nov 18, 2018

I imagine the difference in digital adoption more than made up the 5% difference compared to X/Y which means the game have done well.

They were never going to debut to Sun/Moon numbers.

DNAbro · Nov 18, 2018

Considering the fraction of Switch vs 3DS there are out there in the market, this is pretty good right?

Deleted member 2145 · Nov 18, 2018

makes sense, sun and moon had the pokemon go boost

surprised there were stock issues for let's go though, seems kind of strange

it's probably up over X/Y though only being down 5% physically

anyway for the UK seems like a great start for the game

Deleted member 249 · Nov 18, 2018

That's great, given the stock issues, plus the lower install base these games are selling to.

SinCityAssassin · Nov 18, 2018

We have three threads saying the same thing now.

Ogodei · Nov 18, 2018

Firestorm said:
I was super confused as to how Sun/Moon sold that much more than X/Y until I remembered it was right after Pokémon GO.

Also a 3-years-larger install base.

N.Domixis · Nov 18, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
120k

how does spyro compare to the crash games?

~Fake · Nov 18, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
120k

Damn. Slow start maybe? Lets see if Black friday do some damage.

edit: So eevee its not that popular after all, at least vs pikachu popularity.

The Emperor · Nov 18, 2018

DNAbro said:
Considering the fraction of Switch vs 3DS there are out there in the market, this is pretty good right?

Combined with the stock issue and how close it is to X/Y yup.
Sets up next years proper new generation to be higher in sales too

Given switch's userbase will be increasing at a greater pace too this one should have better legs than sun/moon

Deleted member 2791 · Nov 18, 2018

~Fake said:
Damn. Slow start maybe? Lets see if Black friday do some damage.

It's a great start.

Absent Breeze · Nov 18, 2018

DNAbro said:
Considering the fraction of Switch vs 3DS there are out there in the market, this is pretty good right?

That and this isn't even a new gen

Deleted member 59 · Nov 18, 2018

ZhugeEX said:
120k

Pikachu ver. was the best selling one by a notable amount.

Great figures for UK. Can only imagine what the France figures will look like considering that's Nintendos biggest EU market atm, iirc.

Couscous · Nov 18, 2018

The Switch has a small install base so this was definitely expected.

SinCityAssassin · Nov 18, 2018

N.Domixis said:
how does spyro compare to the crash games?

Combined without digital it outsold Spyro.

~Fake said:
Damn. Slow start maybe? Lets see if Black friday do some damage.

No digital. Also what.

ItIsOkBro · Nov 18, 2018

time to consider that everything is down in uk because of brexit despair

Deleted member 249 · Nov 18, 2018

~Fake said:
Damn. Slow start maybe? Lets see if Black friday do some damage.

Lol

cw_sasuke · Nov 18, 2018

So close to X/Y ? Thats impressive considering the price difference between 3DS+ Game and Switch+Game.

It was never going to reach Sun/Moon sales because the 3DS had like 3 time the Switch userbase when they launched.

DontHateTheBacon · Nov 18, 2018

The Article said:
However, there are a few caveats. Stock issues persisted in the UK with fewer than expected units coming in from Nintendo's European warehouse, which meant some pre-orders were not fulfilled (and many stores were sold out). Furthermore, both X and Y and Sun and Moon launched when 3DS had a slightly larger install base compared with the Switch currently. Download sales are also not included in this data.

With download sales, almost certainly it beats X/Y, right?

It's going to be interesting seeing how it holds up for the next few weeks. Seems pretty impressive though, all things considered.

Deleted member 48434 · Nov 18, 2018

Didn't it release at the end of the week though? Wouldn't that affect the sales?

fluffydelusions · Nov 18, 2018

Physical sales only right?

Alcibiades · Nov 18, 2018

3DS had a much larger userbase in 2016 than the Switch has currently, so that is hardly surprising. Sun & Moon also released during the hype of Pokémon Go. And digital sales are much higher on the Switch than they are on the 3DS. There was also a double gold points bonus if you bought the game digitally which further boosted digital sales.

schuelma · Nov 18, 2018

That strikes me as pretty good.

Lelouch0612 · Nov 18, 2018

Impressive start + stock issues at retail.

Best opening for a Switch game by far.

Braaier · Nov 18, 2018

~Fake said:
Damn. Slow start maybe? Lets see if Black friday do some damage.

edit: So eevee its not that popular after all, at least vs pikachu popularity.

Are... Are you serious? Lol

Oregano · Nov 18, 2018

Also look at those Switch game sales increases. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe nearly doubled week on week...

zuf · Nov 18, 2018

Always a negative spin for these UK threads. 120k is really good. Don't think anyone expected it to match Sun/Moon.

Skittzo · Nov 18, 2018

Any metrics for comparing UK software numbers to global?

120k sounds good but I don't really know in context of the UK market. Of course with stock problems it is looking like a great success.

night814 · Nov 18, 2018

DNAbro said:
Considering the fraction of Switch vs 3DS there are out there in the market, this is pretty good right?

This is important to note as well, there's like 1/3rd as many switchs as 3DS out there.

Monkeyball · Nov 18, 2018

Pika Pika

~Fake · Nov 18, 2018

zuf said:
Always a negative spin for these UK threads. 120k is really good. Don't think anyone expected it to match Sun/Moon.

Many people at pkmn thread actually. Lets see how digital sales have going.

huH1678 · Nov 18, 2018

Nintendo didn't even have the confidence to ship more units? this is pokemon right? and we in the holiday months lol

The Emperor · Nov 18, 2018

skittzo0413 said:
Any metrics for comparing UK software numbers to global?

120k sounds good but I don't really know in context of the UK market. Of course with stock problems it is looking like a great success.

Recently UK market has been much weaker. And some games where people were worried for sales due to UK did fine elsewhere.

Deleted member 2791 · Nov 18, 2018

that thread title is pretty bad by the way, sun/moon was the biggest launch for a nintendo title ever made and it would have never been matched in any possible dimension by a non-new gen game

let's go actually sold great, on par with X/Y

MrCarter · Nov 18, 2018

Thought it would do better. Shame.

Jump_Button · Nov 18, 2018

Not looked into it but why would anyone buy both games? Sun and Moon some fans always buy both but is they anything other then starter?

>__ · Nov 18, 2018

Expected decline. Its not a mainline game.

Deleted member 2145 · Nov 18, 2018

~Fake said:
Many people at pkmn thread actually. Lets see how digital sales have going.

receipts? sounds outlandish tbh

Deleted member 31092 · Nov 18, 2018

Solar Puffin said:
Didn't it release at the end of the week though? Wouldn't that affect the sales?

Sun and Moon was released on that exact day, the Friday before black Friday.

Same for Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. It's basically the Pokémon release slot now.

Good and kinda expect result for Let's Go. Switch can hit 20m with a good performance like this and next year's Pokémon game will be crazy considering what we already know (new pokemons, usually big marketing push and promised much better graphics).

Deleted member 30077 · Nov 18, 2018

Seems okay given the 50% price increase.

Glio · Nov 18, 2018

Considering that digital is much stronger in Switch than 3DS, I imagine that it has stayed between X / Y and S / M.

With a smaller userbase it's pretty good

Mirev · Nov 18, 2018

Honestly, only 5% less than XY is good. 3DS had also more HW sales at time if I'm correct.

Procheno · Nov 18, 2018

Makes sense, Switch has higher digital ratio than 3DS, plus the install base difference between late gen 3DS and Switch currently. Let's see how the sales develop over time

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