Pokémon Sword and Shield's first-week sales worldwide from launch on 15 November 2019

What this is

Pokémon Sword and Shield's first-week sales worldwide from launch on 15 November 2019: 6 million copies.

How it’s built

1. Reported by Famitsu, relaying The Pokémon Company's announcement; the figure is footnoted as Nintendo's count.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

The page does not say whether downloads are included. Nintendo's count is copies sold by Nintendo's measure, not The Pokémon Company's own.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

発売初週に全世界で600万本（※）の販売本数を記録 / ※任天堂株式会社調べ (record first week worldwide 6.0m sales; footnote: Nintendo's count). Download-inclusion not stated on page.