>>45235897>Your "point" hinges entirely on me arguing that the game flopped. No, my point hinges entirely on the fact that Sword and Shield's sales were, in fact, impressive given the circumstances, something you don't believe to be true.
>Those other titles aren't comparable because they didn't nearly have as much anticipation and hype backing them,The first true sandbox 3D Mario in nearly a decade had a lot of fucking hype behind it you troglodyte. Play something other than Pokemon for once in your life.
>SwSh and AC, on the other hand, were two highly anticipated releases, an yet one massively outperformed the other comparedAh yes, the good 'ole "ignoring context" argument once again. Tell me, which of these games in on at the onset of a pandemic that sorely deprived people all over the world of social interaction, as well as providing also real-time multiplayer experience with others? hint: it's not Sword and Shield.
>Neither AC nor SwSh have been out for a full year, so again, not relevant,Not relevant compared to each other, wholly relevant when compared to past Pokemon titles, which have consistently outperformed AC ones. In order to even suggest that SwSh wasn't an unprecedented success, the sales of its past entries must be analyzed first, before any other games.
> and if you're honestly arguing for combining rerelease/third version salesThat wasn't the point of the statement. It was to say that SwSh has already outsold INDIVIDUAL games, and that by the end of the gen, when more games will surely be out, it would more than likely have outsold every other gen bar the OGs overall.
Unless you're trying to equate the bundle to a third version, in which case, that's retarded.
