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title: "Pokemon Sword And Shield – Pokemon Let’s GO lifetime sales surpassed already"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/pokemon-sword-and-shield-pokemon-lets-go-lifetime-sales-surpassed-already/"
description: "Pokemon Sword and Shield is a smash hit worldwide but has accomplished something really noteworthy already in Japan."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-11-30 16:22:17"
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Pokemon Sword And Shield - Pokemon Let’s GO lifetime sales surpassed already | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Pokemon Sword And Shield – Pokemon Let’s GO lifetime sales surpassed already](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/pokemon-sword-and-shield-pokemon-lets-go-lifetime-sales-surpassed-already.jpg "Pokemon Sword And Shield – Pokemon Let’s GO lifetime sales surpassed already")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/pokemon-sword-and-shield-pokemon-lets-go-lifetime-sales-surpassed-already.jpg)Pokemon Sword and Shield is a smash hit worldwide but has accomplished something really noteworthy already in Japan.

## [](#numbers-time)Numbers-time

Although Pokemon Sword and Shield were released 10 days ago in Japan, its lifetime sales have beaten Pokemon Let’s GO Pikachu/Eevee’s lifetime sales in Japan. Pokemon Sword and Shield sold 1.74 million copies in Japan in 10 days, as compared to Pokemon Let’s GO Pikachu/Eevee’s 1.66 million copies in 1 year.

We wonder how this will go worldwide.

### [](#mainline-vs-spin-off)Mainline vs spin-off

This obviously shows how much interest players have in a ‘real’ mainline Pokemon game. And let;s be honest about it. The game is not bad but has gotten a bunch of fan feedback. We call it feedback because backlash sounds so negative. Fans just want more from a future Pokemon title. But still they will buy it as the numbers surely show.

Let’s just hope GameFreak can do something with the feedback from the fans!

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