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Pokémon trades made through the Global Trade System, the games’ online trading service, by about May 2014

90,000,000 trades To 24 May 2014

EstimateA press estimate without a direct company source. Weak.

Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.

What this is

Pokémon trades made through the Global Trade System, the games’ online trading service, by about May 2014: roughly 90 million, with an event promised at 100 million.

How it’s built

  1. Read from SlashGear, a technology news site, reporting a special distribution event planned for when trades reached 100 million.

What we assumed

  • The article’s figure of about 90 million is taken at face value.The article does not quote the company for it; the research has no direct company statement.

Sanity check

A rounded count from one press article, near a promotional milestone. It shows scale, not a precise total.

Where it comes from

Pokemon Fancy Pattern Vivillon To Mark 100m GTS Trades SlashGear · 24 May 2014 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

Players were told to check back for "a special distribution event" once the 100m mark is reached.