Copies of Pokémon Sun/Moon Nintendo sold to retailers in the year to March 2017, the game’s launch year

What this is

Copies of Pokémon Sun/Moon Nintendo sold to retailers in the year to March 2017, the game’s launch year: 15.44 million.

How it’s built

1. Read from Nintendo’s summary of results for the year to March 2017 (filed April 2017).

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

Counts boxed copies plus downloads sold alongside boxed copies; no split between Japan and overseas is given here.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

全世界で11月に発売した『ポケットモンスター サン・ムーン』…1,544万本 / Sun/Moon, released worldwide in November: 15.44m units.

Where it’s used

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