Overview
- Circana’s Mat Piscatella reported the game delivered the largest U.S. launch-week physical unit and dollar sales for a new title since May 2023’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, with bundle copies excluded.
- The Game Business, citing GSD data, placed the game at No. 1 on Europe’s weekly physical chart while noting launch sales were about 28% below Pokémon Legends: Arceus and the weakest mainline retail debut since 2018’s Let’s Go titles.
- The Pokémon Company confirmed 5.8 million copies sold worldwide in the first week, underscoring a strong overall commercial start.
- Coverage indicates a significant share of early purchases were for the Switch 2 edition, aided by an official Switch 2 hardware bundle that also boosted console sales.
- Industry trackers referenced focus on physical sales and may omit digital storefront purchases and some bundled units, complicating direct comparisons across regions and past entries.