With Pokémon GO mania taking over it is no surprise to hear that Pokémon Sun & Moon are the most pre-ordered Pokémon titles in Italy, ever. Interestingly Pokémon games and Nintendo 3DS hardware increased by 59% and 33% respectively. Here’s a look at how the Pokémon titles and Nintendo 3DS hardware did during the month of July.
- Pokémon Alpha Sapphire + 71%
- Pokémon Omega Ruby + 69%
- Pokémon X + 52%
- Pokémon Y + 89%
- Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon + 8%
- Those 5 games +60%
- Nintendo 3DS hardware + 33%
I went to a Gamestop and Target a few days ago and no trading cards found. It is amazing how the app made Pokemon so relevant again with the general public.
I skipped Alpha and Omega, but will absolutely be getting Sun and Moon. Dont know why people are preordering though, isnt like their will be a shortage of Sun and Moon copies. Guess it makes them feel better knowing they have a guarentee… Unless your pre-order doesn’t come in… actually had that happen. Went to another store and bought the same game right off the shelf. With the exclusion of special editions, in this day and age there is no reason to ever pre-order.
What about the crappy preorder bonuses?
I only pre-order because I like the convenience of already having it paid off when I pick it up. Instead of worrying about if I can afford it around the time of release, I can work it into my current budget instead. But I only pre-order games that I’m sure I’ll enjoy.
I bought AS this past weekend. I think I like the world design of X better, but it’s still very fun. There’s some cool new additions as well. Can’t wait for Moon.
Oh man, I wonder why that is. It’s as if something popular happened that caused the preorders to GO up like crazy…