Current Events > Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee has sold 3 million copies within first week.

(+) Yeah! (+)

We already had an idea Pokmon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee were performing well from the recent British sales charts, where the games (when combined) topped sales of all other titles last week. And this success appears to have been mirrored globally, as a whopping 3m units have been shifted in the first week since their release.

The news was shared via The Pokmon Company on Twitter (translated by Gematsu). It means the games have broken the record for the Switch's biggest launch to date.

Described as a hybrid of Pokmon's mainline games and Pokmon Go, Let's Go appears to be an attempt to bridge the gap between old and new Pokmon players. I mean this quite literally, as the easiest way for Pokmon Go players to get their hands on new Pokmon Meltan is to transfer their critters to the Switch game. With sales figures like these, it seems the crossover plan is going pretty well for The Pokmon Company. That must be a huge releevee.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-11-22-pokemon-lets-go-pikachu-and-eevee-break-first-week-switch-sales-record-with-3m-copies-sold
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Lol and people thought it wouldn't do well. Sales are great, reviews are great. Honestly I was hating until the day of release myself, but Im getting paid 3 times this month so I decided fuck it, why not give it a shot, haven't touched my switch in like 3 months.

Glad I did. It's not blowing my mind, but this is a solid 4/5 star game for me.
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It's not fair, CE. This game was supposed to fail! I voted with my wallet!!!
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I like it
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I didn't care if it failed or not, just wasn't interesting in buying it
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Best launch sales for a Switch game so far too.

Don't think it will hold that specific record for very long though.
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The lack of wild Pokemon battling/xp gain is kinda eh but by all accounts the game is still pretty fun anyway

I'll probably get it eventually but certainly not for full price
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