Pokemon Sword & Shield have surpassed 16 million units shipped worldwide

by Adam Vitale on 30 January, 2020

In Nintendo's Q3 earnings release for the fiscal year ending Mar. 2020, the company announced that Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have shipped a combined 16.06 million units worldwide. Almost 12 million of those sales come from outside of Japan. This comes after news that the games sold six million worldwide in their first week of sale, the fastest for any Nintendo Switch title.

16 million units is also the milestone surpassed by both Pokemon Sun/Moon and Pokemon X/Y. Note however that Sword and Shield are sold at an MSRP of $60 compared to $40 for 3DS titles.

For reference, lifetime sales numbers of recent Pokemon titles include:

Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee - 11.76 million units
Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon - 8.7 million units
Pokemon Sun/Moon - 16.18 million units
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire - 14.26 million units
Pokemon X/Y - 16.44 million units
Pokemon Black/White - 15.64 million units
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - 12.72 million units
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - 17.67 million units

With Expansion Pass content yet to come for Pokemon Sword/Shield, the duo will likely see more sales success going forward.