The monthly NPD sales report has released, and it included some major news for Nintendo’s newest release, Pokemon Sword and Shield. According to NPD analyst Mat Piscatella, “Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield titles combined to achieve the highest launch month dollar sales of any Pokémon release in U.S. history, topping the previous launch month high set by Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon”. Piscatella’s tweet is down below.
US NPD SW – Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield titles combined to achieve the highest launch month dollar sales of any Pokémon release in U.S. history, topping the previous launch month high set by Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. pic.twitter.com/BG146DloJC
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) December 12, 2019
Nice. Though since there’s never been a main series console game before, there’s really nothing to compare these numbers against.
Dollars sales DUH since its not 40 bucks anymore makes sense