#PokémonSwordShield at 19M Sold, Switch at 68M sold!

Hey fellas: with the year having gone the way it has so far (hopefully the decade will improve from here), I thought I would do my best to once again be the voice of optimism and good news at this time.

With that out of the way, I give you the latest sales updates for “Pokémon Sword and Shield” and the Switch as a whole; as today marks one year since the release of the former. The games have now sold a combined 19.02 million copies since then; surpassing the 18.99 million sold by even “Super Mario Odyssey!” That is incredible, given how it’s beaten Mario but also sold more in one year than all the 3DS titles did in that console’s entire lifecycle. This places the games right in the top 5 bestselling Switch titles to date; alongside “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” at 19.74 million, “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” at 21.1 million, and “Animal Crossing New Horizons” at 26.04 million, with “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe” still leading at 28.99 million. 

The Nintendo Switch has also now sold 68.3 million units worldwide; surpassing the 61.91 million the original Nintendo Entertainment System sold in its lifecycle. This makes the console second to not only the original Wii as their most successful home system, but if handhelds are considered (as the console has properties of both); it’s in their top three most successful overall since the original DS. The system is likely on track to outsell the 3DS in the near future, with that system bowing out at 75.9 million sold worldwide in its nine-year lifecycle.

I will have more to tell you tomorrow; and it’s something I’ve been wanting to for a long time. You’ll just have to wait and see what it is, and that will be all for now. Later.