Pokémon destroy America - sell 1 million copies in 5 days
Thursday, April 26th, 2007 at 1:04pm by Staff
Apparently, the Pokémon franchise isn’t fading out:
Within just five days of availability, more than 1 million copies of Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl for the portable Nintendo DS have sold in the United States since Sunday’s launch.
That’s roughly 500,000 copies of two different games, but that’s just in America! The games have been out in Japan since September and they have sold over five million copies there. With Pokémon Battle Revolution tying these titles into the Wii, the Pokémon cash cow has plenty of milk left in her.
Will the increased popularity bring the franchise back into American popular culture? Will we see Pokémon movies back in theaters for the first time in four years?
April 26th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
I bought Diamond…
April 26th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
POKEMON FTW.
Man… I remember when I went and saw the first pokemon movie in IMAX. It amazed me…
April 26th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
anything like movies in theaters, I highly doubt. The one thing about the games is that, they’re good RPGs, and good games, while many (mostly little kids) buy or have their parents buy the game because its a new Pokemon, me and my friends that have it wanted it because it’s one of the best RPGs out there, not just for a handheld, but for any console, and thats a good contribution to the game sales, but Pokemon itself I dont think will come back as a big pop culture thing in America.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
The DS version is the best version that has come out so far, so whoever liked the previous games, will love the new one. If you add to that equation all the new players, you can see why this is the most successful version in the franchise!
When there is an effort in making a product better, can that be considered “milking” it?
April 26th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
To clarify, I didn’t mean to say they were “milking it”, just that the franchise definitely has a lot of life left in it.
April 26th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
J/K, David!
The “milking” reference was entirely mine…
Pokémon IS a cash cow for Nintendo!
April 27th, 2007 at 7:56 am
Now think about this…
Imagine the cash they’ll get if they did make a P2P MMO version with the works. It’ll be mind-boggling, and the best part…a lot of people are hoping it’ll come true.
April 27th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Please, no Pokemon movies. The game isn’t half bad, really addicting. I’d advise those who weren’t into Pokemon before to try this iteration of the game.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:48 am
Believe it or not, Poke’mon has a crazy competitive scene.
May 1st, 2007 at 3:07 pm
No kiddin’!
Only thirteen hours into the game, and I already got 2 badges, and all the Pokémon in my party are at least level 22!
I can’t wait to go online now!!