Pokemon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Sales Are Off To A Huge Start

On Friday, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl launched worldwide, offering players a chance to revisit Sinnoh on Nintendo Switch. According to GamesIndustry.biz’s Christopher Dring, a lot of gamers opted to make that return to the region, as the game is the biggest Switch physical launch of the year in the UK! Shockingly enough, that achievement was actually accomplished by Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, alone. When combined with Pokemon Shining Pearl, launch sales for both versions account for the second biggest launch for all platforms in 2021, only coming up short against the combined multiplatform numbers for FIFA 22. 

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (No.1) & Shining Pearl (No.2) are the 2 best-selling boxed games in the UK last week, which means Battlefield 2042 has to settle for No.3. Combined launch sales for the Pokémon games are down 26% over Sword/Shield, and up 13% over Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu