The latest software sales charts are through for Europe and Pokemon Legends Z-A was the No.1 video game knocking EA’s Battlefield 6 to No.2. However, it’s not all good news as according to Games Business journalist Christopher Dring Pokemon Legends Z-A was the weakest mainline Pokemon video game launch since Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee and Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu. The Pokemon Let’s GO games launched exclusively on the Nintendo Switch back in 2018. It should be noted that digital sales are not included.
European Top Ten Unit Sales (week ending October 19)
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A (New)*
- Battlefield 6 (-70%)
- EA Sports FC 26 (-30%)
- Hogwarts Legacy (+244%)
- Ghost of Yotei (-51%)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (+5%)
- Grand Theft Auto 5 (+4%)
- Little Nightmares 3 (-72%)
- Borderlands 4 (+45%)
- Mario Kart World (+15%)*
European Top Ten Revenue (week ending October 19)
- Battlefield 6 (-72%)
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A (New)*
- EA Sports FC 26 (-35%)
- Ghost of Yotei (-51%)
- Mario Kart World (+18%)*
- Borderlands 4 (+35%)
- Little Nightmares 3 (-73%)
- Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (-39%)
- NBA 2K26 (-31%)
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger (-41%)
*Digital data unavailable
I mean, it’s not a mainline Pokémon release so…
The only similar scale spin-off that released since Let’s Go was Legends Arceus so all this is really saying is that it sold less than that (physical only). No one would expect it to outsell Sword/Shield or Scarlet/Violet.
Hopefully these games start to sell less and less so that Gamefreak actually invests more into this franchise. We get the same slop every time.