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Pokemon X & Y Sell More Than 4 Million Units Worldwide In First Two Days

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On Saturday, Oct. 12, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y for Nintendo 3DS became the first set of games in franchise history to launch simultaneously worldwide. Nintendo reported today that the games combined to sell more than 4 million units across Japan, Europe and The Americas on Saturday, Oct. 12, and Sunday, Oct. 13.

“The early response to Pokémon X and Pokémon Y not only reaffirms the ongoing passion of Pokémon fans, but also indicates that an entirely new generation of gamers is eager to experience the franchise for itself.”

– Nintendo President Satoru Iwata.

Since this was the first global launch in franchise history, there isn’t an exact historical precedent for comparison. However, when combining and comparing regional data for previous launches, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y would be the fastest-selling Nintendo 3DS games of all time and are tracking ahead of the last Pokémon RPG titles, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, by more than 70 percent.

With more than 245 million games sold worldwide, the Pokémon franchise continues to be one of the strongest brands in the history of video games. Since 2002, five sets of Pokémon titles have combined to exceed 10 million units sold to date worldwide, with three sets combining to surpass 15 million units.

126 thoughts on “Pokemon X & Y Sell More Than 4 Million Units Worldwide In First Two Days”

            1. JEEZ I KNOW IM HOT BUT LAY OFF!! me and all the bitches keep fucking and i got herpes now!! also i accidentally fucked a zombie too!! life is hard being so sexy. just look at my face.

            2. I picked Y for no particular reason other than because I thought that everyone was getting X. I was kind of right. Everyone I know, and the people at Gamestop waiting in line got X. Luckily, someone gave me their Charmander with its Charizardite X.

              1. Yes! A lot of people have picked up X. The man at my shop was surprised when i asked for Y and all the copies of X had actually sold out, haha. So it was a good thing i wanted Y, or i would of been pretty disappointed.

      1. I have never played any of these games.But why is it that no one seem’s to buy both?Are the games exactly the same except for a few different Pokemon?Please someone who play’s these tell me why they alway’s release two at a time.

  1. Wondering if I should just wait for the 3rd game and skip these. The later one’s are usually more awesome, plus I wanna save for the Wii U! I can finally buy one just in time for the 2014 1st party blitz! Decisions, decisions…

    1. Do you think the Wiiu is a Shitty console?I wanna buy Wiiu For Barbie Dreamhouse Party Exclusiv for the Wiiu.But I dont think it runs Hardcore Gaimz.

  2. This site’s a dried up husk of what it was just a few months ago solely based on the idiots who are commenting. I’ll try to bring the logic like usual, but if I wind up being left with these morons, I’m done.

    1. Welcome back…there are good days and bad days. ;) There some brave gamer chick here now, and the usuals. But the troll quality has dropped a bit. I can’t be offended half the time because I don’t know what they’re saying. Lol.

      Anyway. Tough choice… If you can get a WiiU AND SMASH / Mario Kart, then maybe hold off on Pokemon and grab an indie title to hold you over?

      1. … I’ll probably wind up getting Wind Waker HD… its calling me…
        Yep: I’ll hold off on pkmn till there’s a colosseum game or something.
        Thank goodness there’s a thinking person here!

        1. Diz Gamecube game dawg iz 10 yearz old Jesuz buy it on gamecube iz cheaper.Belive or Not da gamimz is all about the play.

    2. Oh my gawd, why do u evan likez Nintendo bro?

      That’s the sort of stuff this site has been reduced to… sigh
      Anyway Pokémon is the shiznit!

      1. Pkmn is epic, but my army won’t be getting any new additions just yet. Wii U 1st! Hoping for a bundle. You and Jaded made my morning cuz I havn’t been here in a while and the IQ levels here are dropping to the single digits -___-

        1. Actually, if you already have you 3ds, I would recommend getting Pokemon first, whilst saving for your WiiU, you won’t regret it is a great game!!

      2. hello dad, remember me?? i survived in the walking dead but everybody thought i died!! how is nintendo, shit?? (thats not surprising) well im going to get a xbox one because its thweet *sniff*and for fat greasy nerds like me and you reggie!!

        my body isnt ready for shitty games and i know you wont bring project xxx to america!!

    3. Tell me about it. It’s very annoying just to get responded by people with no life. If you don’t like Nintendo–You don’t like them. They shouldn’t constantly take time out of their day to irritate us. And I’m getting slightly annoyed there’s been no control over the trolls by the admins. Please get on this, MNN admins.

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  4. They could have easily released this concurrently on the Wii U with slight graphical improvements. Heck, they could have easily released it as an eshop download with no graphical improvements — the functionality would have been largely identical and it would have moved systems immensely. The street pass stuff isn’t the crux of the game. I need to hear a better excuse than “herp derp, pocket monsters are for the pocket derp”.

                    1. Except you don’t have a ouya, because you are a fake, troll aka sega commander, microsoft employee and all those stupids names! You play the terrorist but in fact you are just so ridiculous.

            1. Nothing at all. As said above I bought one and traded it in after 1 week!!! -_- it was complete ASS. No good games, bad frame rate for games, horrible control lag, and so much more fail. Its a weak piece of crap. Even super Mario 64 for the emulator on it had slow down.

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  8. I can tell by some of the comments that I read here that most people really studied up on X & Y and watched every single video etc. leading up to the launch. After all, how else would anyone know what Pokémon is featured in which game? I myself know NOTHING. Because I was never interested in watching any of the videos. I’m more interested in Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

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