Thread 58483477

In its first four days on sale, Pokémon LEGENDS: Z-A has sold 1,485,457 units in Japan (872,552 for normal, 612,905 for Switch 2 edition) without counting digital sales. Pokémon LEGENDS: Arceus had sold 1,424,657 units in retail in its first week.
The japanese are buying Z-A more and faster than they bought Arceus, and we all now DLC sparks interest back into games, ensuring more sales (and more money from those who already got the game). Looks like the game is doing fine.

>>58483477 (OP)
>Mainline Pokèmon game is selling well
Wowzers

>>58483477 (OP)
You’d have to have brain damage to genuinely believe it would flop or underperform. Pokémon is too big to fail.

Sales =/= Quality

>>58483477 (OP)
Exactly as I expected. The UK sales figures were just reflective of the UK being hit hard especially by the awdul economy at the moment. Everyone I know here is spending less than ever and really struggling.

Now inevitably Pokemon glazers are going to use this to try and BTFO the dumb mindless haters and discourse is going to be boring as fuck again with 0 nuance. Just gonna go back to playing ZA ranked and shut up kek

How much did SV sell in the same timeframe?

>>58483477 (OP)
But /vp/ said ZA was flopping. Was /vp/ wrong again?

>>58483509
It's best to avoid all discourse at this point and just stick to threads where people actually discuss video games, and not the secondary stuff around it like reviews, sales etc... because you ALWAYS run into mindless haters and also corporate shills. Very rarely do you come across someone who just wants to discuss these cool games. Two sides of the same obsessed coin.

>pigs gobble up slop
and water is wet

>>58483530
Not comparable since new gens are always bigger worldwide. This is a great result for GF

>>58483477 (OP)
It only needed 370k sales to break even, anything now is a profit.


You can pirate boys they're not losing shit now

>>58483505
Nobody even mentioned the quality of the game until you did, only the sales. Insecure much? Want your turns back, loser?

>Japan
lol
Whats the worldwide total?

>>58483558
Nobody brought up insecurity until you did.
Insecure much?

>>58483530
Much more but the core entries of a gen always sell more. SV specially, it's the best selling pokemon game ever in Japan, even more than Red and Green

>>58483477 (OP)
So its on 2 platforms and still only slightly out sold (in Japan*) PLA which was on 1 platform and on a smaller S1 install-base

>>58483572
Nice "no u" but I've seen a lot of insecurity right here >>58483505 KEK

>>58483585
You seem extremely insecure.
What's wrong anon? Why did my opinion upset you so much?

>>58483603
>more no u
Sad. Last You

>>58483618
>Runs away instead of answering me
Insecurity at it's finest.

YOU
STILL
BOUGHT
IT
ANYWAY

>>58483647
I actually didn't.
Everyone else did.

>>58483647
Yup. It's fun too :3

>>58483477 (OP)
On other news.

>>58483647
Not only I bought, I'm having a blast.

okay but what does that mean for us? more shit games?

>>58483681
based blast haver

>>58483669
>>58483537
>Pokemon "fan" be like: Of course pokemon fans are slop eating pigs

>>58483647
The game's underwhelming visually, has less setting variety than I'd like, and has the Modern Pokemon Special™ of a boring, protracted tutorial opening but past that it's legitimately the best game in the series on Switch thus far and the battle system, while NOT perfect, is genuinely solid and has a ton of potential if they decide to stick by it going forward.

Slop slop slop. I'd never be caught dead having a blast with this slopperino. Everyone knows it's more fun to spend all my time giggling with my sisters in the 'cord.

>>58483647
I emulated that shit man don’t rope me into this

>>58483647
Haven't bought a Game Freak Pokémon game since Ultra Moon.

>all this seethe because the dual-whammy of Teraleak reveals and actual reception to the games and series proves they'll never get Pokéon to start doing what they want.
>>58483743
Funny, you're going to stop emulating with L: Z-A too.

>>58483699
More great games, in fact. Get your taste checked.

KEK

>>58483853
I love digimon and I'm glad it's doing nice for its usual numbers, because it is doing nice, really, but the comparison with Pokemon is depressing holy shit

>>58483827
>Funny, you're going to stop emulating with L: Z-A too.
I haven't emulated any of the post gen 7 games either. I only play spinoffs at this point and they barely make those anymore.

>>58483897
It's not on the switch and bandai admitted that they shipped Limited copies that sold out and asked customers to buy it digitally instead

>>58483669
>>58483537
I am a pig and I eat slop.

Pokemon is the reason you get shit games

>>58483974
Japan*

>>58483647
I haven't
at least not yet, I want to first see what the DLC is going to be about

Who in their right mind thought this game would flop?
>Real time battles
>60FPS
>Fan favorite gimmick Mega Evolution
>Multiplayer for longevity unlike Arceus
>On a new Nintendo console
Doomers btfo, as usual.

>>58483477 (OP)
DIGISISIES!!! DON'T LOOK

pokemon is dead
thank you consoomers

>>58483477 (OP)
Yet another instance that shows just how big the disconnect is from people that live on social media platforms vs. those that spend most of their time offline.
Z-A will be Nintendo's best-selling game this holiday season.

>>58483897
Why? The series is doing well for itself. Pokemons literally one of the best selling series of all time. Monster catching fans should be happy

>>58484384
Not really, because your assumption is that social media hated the game when that's far from the truth. It's more alogrithms making that stuff appear in front of you to keep you angry and using their service. Polarization is the result of social media

>>58484348
>best game in ages is doing nice
Pokemon is far from dead, only your taste is dead.

>>58483477 (OP)
why is lida acting like she's cool

>>58483477 (OP)
Almost like it's only a handful of schizos, attentionwhoring Youtuber and paid Palworld marketers doomposting about how the game is irredeemably bad and how Pokémon is finished or whatever. It obviously does not reflect reality in any way. It's a success.

DSfags still seething over 3Dgods

Post the worldwide sales, coward

Digibros, this can't be?!? We were supposed to be the chosen ones this time!!

>Retail launch of Pokémon Legends: Z-A in Japan is slightly higher than that of Legends: Arceus
>It's the 3rd biggest Pokémon launch for the past decade, only behind Scarlet/Violet & Sun/Moon
>+2 million with digital is expected, it'll likely be the best selling game of the year

>>58485249
SV gods can't stop winning

>>58483647
I bought it for Megas and Zygarde doing something cool. Does Zygarde up doing anything cool in this game?

>>58485395
Zygarde unironically becomes the coolest legendary and mascot in this game.

>>58483579
>implying
Switch 2 is literally just Switch+. It's not even a dual edition case because at least when someone doesn't like the look of the box of Pokemon Scarlet he may like Violet instead, this is straight up the same game just working better in the console that is the old one but just better.

>>58485395
He goes zeh at you as a dog until the climax where he becomes really cool

>>58483489
except it's only mainline by name let's be real

>Switch 2 sales in Japan jumped from 46k units sold last week to over 200k units sold this week due to the launch of Pokémon Legends Z-A
>1. Switch 2 - 201,684
>2. Switch - 23,713
>3. PS5 - 12,085
>4. Xbox Series - 188
>5. PS4 - 23
So not only is selling nicely, it's also selling the new console despite not being exclusive

>>58483477 (OP)

the buildings in the art are more three dimensional than the actual game itself