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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Saqib Shah

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are breaking sales records just days after release

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are smashing multiple sales records despite launching less than a week ago. The latest entry in the effervescent video-game franchise surpassed 10 million combined units in the first three days since their release on the Nintendo Switch on November 18, according to the company.

That milestone is the highest for any software on any Nintendo platform within the first three days. The feat also means that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is already the 15th bestselling Nintendo Switch game of all time. Though it still has a way to go before it tops Pokemon Sword and Shield, which has shifted 25.37 million copies, to placing it at number five on the bestseller list.

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