The Total Sales For Pokémon Are Staggering 

The Total Sales For Pokémon Are Staggering 

This year marks Pokémon‘s 20th anniversary. Starting in 1996, when Pokémon Red and Blue launched in Japan, the world has purchased millions of Pokémon games and its spin-offs. Over 279 million, that is.

Think about that number for a moment. Dual releases aside, it’s incredible. According to Famitsu, that’s the latest global sales figure for Pokémon titles as of 29 February 2016. The number does include the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series (as well as other spin-off titles).

The number for the mainline Pokémon games only is also impressive: 210 million.

With staggering sales numbers like this, it’s easy to see why Pokémon can still draw huge crowds like it did yesterday in Kyoto.

Top image: The Pokémon Company


The Cheapest NBN 1000 Plans

Looking to bump up your internet connection and save a few bucks? Here are the cheapest plans available.

At Kotaku, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


One response to “The Total Sales For Pokémon Are Staggering ”