The latest "Pokemon Sun and Moon" news and update suggests that the gameplay version has increased its sales. Is it because of "Pokemon Go" effect?
Apparently, "Pokemon Go's" successful commercial success has an effect to other Nintendo products. This can be concluded with the strong performance of recently released 3DS games "Pokemon Sun and Moon."
Nintendo U.S. announced on Friday, Nov. 30, that "Pokemon Sun and Moon" are now the fastest-selling games since it has been launched in the America. In two weeks, its sales have already reached 3.7 million units, according to Gamespot. So it is 85 percent increase as compared with the previous record holders, "Pokemon X and Y," which was launched in 2013.
The source added that since "Pokemon Go" was released, 3DS sales have been increasing in the United States, thus, it became the top-selling system overall during July of this year. The following months have noticed "year-over-year sales increase."
In the same press release, it was mentioned that "Pokemon-related software" sales have surpassed 280 million units worldwide since 1996 after Pokemon Red and Blue were released. As of the moment, "Pokemon X and Y" hold the best-selling 3DS games ever as it garnered 15.64 million units sold as of September 30.
However, "Pokemon Sun and Moon" may steal the crown from "Pokemon X and Y" for being the best-selling 3DS games. "Sun and Moon" has started to become Nintendo's fast-selling game ever in the U.K. and in Japan, this gameplay sold two million copies in its first three days.
Meanwhile, in other related news, Niantic released a new "Pokemon Go" Tracking system. The new update has been expanded to U.S. and Europe, according to Forbes.
The new system allows "Pokemon Go" players to trek to specific PokeStops to find specific Pokémon. However, the new occurs is "Sightings," a feature that tells players if there's a Wild Pokemon near or around them, has been eliminated.
