Copies of Pokémon Sword/Shield Nintendo sold to retailers in the year to March 2020, the game’s launch year

What this is

Copies of Pokémon Sword/Shield Nintendo sold to retailers in the year to March 2020, the game’s launch year: 17.37 million.

How it’s built

1. Read from Nintendo’s summary of results for the year to March 2020 (filed May 2020).

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

Counts boxed copies, downloads sold alongside them, and copies bundled with consoles. Same digits as Switch 2’s 17.37 million consoles at December 2025, an unrelated figure.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

『ポケットモンスター ソード・シールド』が1,737万本の販売を記録する大ヒットとなった / Sword/Shield recorded 17.37m units.

Where it’s used

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