Copies of Pokémon Scarlet/Violet Nintendo sold to retailers in the year to March 2023, the game’s launch year

What this is

Copies of Pokémon Scarlet/Violet Nintendo sold to retailers in the year to March 2023, the game’s launch year: 22.10 million.

How it’s built

1. Read from Nintendo’s summary of results for the year to March 2023 (filed May 2023).

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

Nintendo counts boxed copies and downloads sold alongside boxed copies, but not download-only copies or add-on content, so the true total is somewhat higher.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

『ポケットモンスター スカーレット・バイオレット』が2,210万本 / Scarlet/Violet 22.10m units. Count excludes download-only software and add-on content.

Where it’s used

• StoryVideo games
• Chart · Video gamesSince 2016 each new region’s first year beat the last, and games returning to an old region shipped less

Related figures

Built from this one

• EstimateSv launch year purchases band copies not customers, year to March 2023 (Nintendo, to 31 March 2023); copies-per-purchase from Sword/Shield Japan launch week 11 November 2019..17