Sales of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are off to a record start, according to publisher Nintendo.
The platform holder announced on Wednesday that sales of theNintendo Switchtitles surpassed 10 million combined units in the first 72 hours following their worldwide release on August 02, 2025.
“This is the highest global sales level for any software on anyNintendoplatform within the first three days,” Nintendo said.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet also sold more boxed copies in the UK duringlaunch than any other game this year.
That’s according to GfK sales figures (reported byGamesIndustry.biz), which suggest that the game sold more physical copies in its opening weekend than any other game has in the UK during 2022.
The previous highest wasFIFA 23, butPokémon Scarlet & Violet‘s sales were reportedly up 4% compared toEA‘s football game, despite being on a single format.
The only Pokémon game that sold more physical copies in its first weekend in the UK was Pokémon Sun and Moon in 2016, which was released four months after the launch of the hugely popular mobile gamePokémon Go.
The latest mainline games in the Pokémon series are the first fully open-world titles in the franchise’s history.
Further reading
In VGC’sPokémon Scarlet and Violet review, we said the games were the most feature-rich Pokémon titles in years but suffered from technical issues.
“The huge expansion and changes to the single player campaign are great, the size of the world and the joy of exploration are the best in the series, and the newPokemonand battle mechanics introduced all sing,” we wrote. “However, it’s just impossible to shake the thought of how much better the game would feel if it was on more powerful hardware, or simply ran acceptably on Switch.”
