-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
Pokemon: Sword/Shield is now the first Pokémon since Gold/Silver to cross 20 Million + copies sold
- Thread starter sfortunato
- Start date
- News
OP
OP
Indeed! Sword/Shield weren't for me so I hope for something different next time but still very happy for the success of this generation. It means more Pokémon games and experiences!
massive!
curious how the D/P remakes will do. probably not as much as sword/shield but way higher than let's go.
curious how the D/P remakes will do. probably not as much as sword/shield but way higher than let's go.
Absolutely hated these games, but from the good stuff I've heard about the DLC I've got my fingers crossed they'll take the best parts into Gen 9. Would love to see a more fleshed out Wild Area like I've heard is in Isle of Armor/Crown Tundra. Hope the sales push that open direction!
I have a feeling whatever comes next, we're gonna see a lot of "Sw/Sh walked so new game could run".
i hate this generation of Pokémon games, but its cool they sold so much. i guess. hopefully the working devs get some sort of bonus. but will likely only go to department heads and management. so james turner and Ohmori.
If we're lucky, this won't cause them to get complacent and ignore all the fairly deep issues with the game.
Very much hoping so. Especially with these being the first brand new HD mainline games etc., I'm really hoping to see them fix up the issues I had in these titles and make Gen 9 some seriously great titles. I'll keep my fingers crossed until then!
I really wanna know how the DLC sold. Revenue-wise there's no doubt SwSh is way more profitable than prior generations, what with the games being sold at $60, but I'm really curious if, units-wise, base games + DLC is more or less than past base games + enhanced version(s)
By the end of this generation every major Nintendo IP that has a switch release will be the best selling version of that IP ever. The switch is an insanely popular system.
I wouldn't be making any trips to Vegas.
It's one of my least favorite gens but I do think the DLC had some fun ideas, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of content.
Here's hoping the DP remakes are HGHS tier.
The DLC really propped the game up to be a fun, though visually muddy, solid game.
SWSH is nowhere near as bad as people say it is. It's enjoyable and with the DLC it may have pipped SM/USUM as my favourite generation. We'll see how it goes
SWSH is nowhere near as bad as people say it is. It's enjoyable and with the DLC it may have pipped SM/USUM as my favourite generation. We'll see how it goes
OP
OP
Hard to know but keep in mind that at the end Sword/Shield won't be very far from Sun/Moon combined with UltraSun/UltraMoon.
i played every single generation and remake and Let's Go and SWSH are in my top 3.
i hope they keep making the hardcore fans salty.
Well deserved the new raid mode is my favorite addition to battles since double battles in Ruby and Sapphire. It's legitimately awesome we finally have some form of co-op in modern Pokémon games thanks to it. I hope Gamefreak experiments with raids more like they did with the last dlc and really make it shine more in future games. Would be fun if we could have lots of encounters like the hard Mewtwo raid more often.
It's pretty hard to make me consider SMUSUM not my top seeing as I love the feel of Alola and I am always behind hokey B-Movie Sci-Fi plots
Same here, like obviously SWSH has better gameplay but gen 7 just clicked with me in a way nothing else has
🤷♂️
I was never able to get into the main game, even though I've played through every. single. Pokémon. game. before. I need to power through and get to the DLC, I guess.
I was never able to get into the main game, even though I've played through every. single. Pokémon. game. before. I need to power through and get to the DLC, I guess.
Honestly I think complacency is probably a big factor in how Sword and Shield got to be such a mess in the first place. Only budgeting 3 years to make the game in the first place was madness after how their previous hardware transition went, and the pretty well documented difficulties from other developers making the HD transition during the preceding decade. The only reason I could think of why it might have gone this way was due to way some of the higher ups have admitted they were skeptical of the Switch pre-release, but you'd think that they would have had plenty of time to course correct from that.
I'm sure you'd appreciate it as well if the game actually seemed finished.
I want to say that I hope this pushes Gamefreak to really do more with future games, but it's not like the last 4 sets of games releases prior to SwSh weren't already doing crazy sales numbers. It's difficult to look at the state of the franchise now and not feel sad at how they're under-utilising it.
I'm sure they'll find a way to make online functionality even worse than ycomm
But thats what i mean, this(and lets go) was their 1st 3D HD game ever, it was an uphill climb for them whether they were more prepared for it or not, they had over 1000 people working on this game, theres nothing really complacent about it. Like always the next game and possibly 9th gen if it's still on switch will continue to improve after that aswell.
Kind of nuts, I liked the games enough but playing through it again recently I was pretty bored. The DLC definitely helps break up the game and provide a wider variety of mons thank god but overall the pacing and linearity of these games are what really kill the enjoyment for me.
I'm still just perplexed as to how they managed to release a game in 2019 where the online features compare unfavorably to a game they released in 2006, on the DS.
What do you mean "the state of the franchise"?
Pokémon GO is stil huge
Pokémon Masters EX is doing decently and has improved
SWSH is much loved (aside from a vocal minority)
The anime is well liked
They're about to unleash a game of the world's most popular video game genre
We're getting a much requested sequel to a fan favourite and console spin-offs are a thing once more
I'm always surprised that Sun and Moon didn't sell more, especially more than XY, considering the 20th anniversary and Pokémon Go hype of that year, but I guess it was late in the 3DS' life or something.
I'm happy to see the franchise continue to do really well, and I'm happy for the devs. I won't derail the thread with my issues on the game, so all I will say is that I wish certain other generations reached 20 million instead haha.
I'm happy to see the franchise continue to do really well, and I'm happy for the devs. I won't derail the thread with my issues on the game, so all I will say is that I wish certain other generations reached 20 million instead haha.
Didn't like the games as much, easily the worst gen but not surprising with the succes of the Switch.
DLC was definitely better but still, this franchise deserves waaaaay better.
DLC was definitely better but still, this franchise deserves waaaaay better.
Remakes always sell less than their generation starting companions
but HGSS is notoriously more 'rich' than other remakes. Really I'm just salty it couldn't hold ORAS under too much water.
Nah, the DLC shows positive movement. And this is coming from someone who didn't like the main game so much. So let's hope they keep that going