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Total Main-Series Sales Per Generation

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:04:07 No.17733950 View View Reply Original Report

Generation I:
Includes Red, Blue, Green, Yellow
>32.5 million units sold

Generation II:
Includes Gold, Silver, Crystal
>29.39 million units sold

Generation III:
Includes Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen
>34.14 million units sold (22.31 without FRLG)

Generation IV:
Includes Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver
>37.36 million units sold (24.69 without HGSS)

Generation V:
Inclues Black, White, Black 2, White 2
>23.23 million units sold

Discuss.

>Souce: vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Pokemon

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:10:44 No.17734059 Report

Quoted By: >>17734238 >>17734612

The Generation 1 games sold the most, barring remakes. Remakes changed Generations 3 and 4 from underselling to successful.

And you guys wonder why GF "caters to genwunners". Love/nostalgia for the older games helps keep them afloat. Look at Gen 5 in comparison.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:17:49 No.17734157 Report

Quoted By: >>17734238 >>17734380

>>17733950
So Generation 5 is overall the worst selling generation, even Gen 6 is doing better, selling 11mil in 4 months, holy crap.

And you guys always say Gen 3 was the worst

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:22:53 No.17734238 Report

Quoted By: >>17734340

>>17734157
Gen 5 sold the worse probably due to >>17734059 and all the shitmons.

Remakes make money. People love Johto and Kanto outside of this board.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:23:16 No.17734244 Report

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>>17733950
>Gen V
Should've made those Hoenn remakes :^)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:25:15 No.17734284 Report

Quoted By: >>17734463

>yfw GameFreak can boost sales by AT LEAST another 10-15M units if they use the Gen 6 engine for Red and Green remakes

It's coming.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:29:24 No.17734340 Report

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>>17734238
This. While I found the lack of older Pokemon refreshing in BW, they completely alienated some people by doing that. Stupid move overall.

That, and BW/B2W2 were basically Generation 4 games. No real advancements were made, unlike the jump from 5 to 6.

Gen 5 was like filler.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:32:50 No.17734380 Report

Quoted By: >>17734420 >>17734444

>>17734157
It goes like this
>gen 1 introduced people and was great
>gen 2 people assumed it was going to be better than gen 1. It wasn't.
>gen 3 doesn't sell but slowly brings back people after gen 2 lost them by word of mouth and such
>gen 4 brings things back to gen 1 levels because people assume it's going to be as good as the previous gen it wasn't
>Gen 5 doesn't perform that well due to gen 4 but brings people back for gen 6 because it was a much needed improvement on gen 4
Get ready for low gen 7 sales

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:35:29 No.17734420 Report

Quoted By: >>17734437

>>17734380
>people assumed it was going to be better than gen 1. It wasn't.
>lost them by word of mouth and such
>people assume it's going to be as good as the previous gen
>Gen 5 doesn't perform that well due to gen 4

You do realize all of that is in your head, right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:36:32 No.17734437 Report

Quoted By: >>17734457

>>17734420
Keep telling yourself that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:36:53 No.17734444 Report

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>>17734380
This is all literally your assumptions. Someone's got mad /v/ syndrome.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:38:03 No.17734457 Report

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>>17734437
Keep telling myself that? Dude, your entire post was your own made-up scenarios about why each game sold the way they did. It's moronic.

Edgar 4553-9970-2436 (Psychich) (SV:109)

Edgar 4553-9970-2436 (Psychich) (SV:109) Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:38:40 No.17734463 Report

Quoted By: >>17734506

>>17734284
They coudl easily go B/W2 and make an actual sequel/different game that takes place on a improved/more recent Kanto/Jotho

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:42:03 No.17734506 Report

Quoted By: >>17734516 >>17734535

>>17734463
>Red and Green 2

Yup, or this. I would be down. Could potentially outsell XY, really.

Actually, Pokemon Origins could have been created in part with setting that up in mind. Refresh everyone on Gen 1's story and whatnot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:42:52 No.17734516 Report

Quoted By: >>17734543

>>17734506
Gold and Silver

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:44:15 No.17734535 Report

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>>17734506
The sequel to Red/Blue or LG/FR was Gold/Silver or HG/SS.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:44:49 No.17734543 Report

Quoted By: >>17734564 >>17734569 >>17734587

>>17734516
>Gold and Silver
Except Red & Green 2 could have an actual plot that isn't:
>where's giovanni?!
>let's rebuild team roawwwwww ok nevermind

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:46:36 No.17734564 Report

Quoted By: >>17734577 >>17734594 >>17734619

>>17734543
What kind of plot could they possibly have that hasn't been done.

Edgar 4553-9970-2436 (Psychich) (SV:109)

Edgar 4553-9970-2436 (Psychich) (SV:109) Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:47:32 No.17734569 Report

Quoted By: >>17734619

>>17734543
I think he is saying that Gold/Silver were already a sequel of the first games

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:48:23 No.17734577 Report

Quoted By: >>17734662

>>17734564
What a weird thing to say. They could do anything. Are you really saying that Pokemon has exhausted every possible type of plot?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:49:00 No.17734587 Report

Quoted By: >>17734664

>>17734543
So I guess you're one of those guys that always needs the "YOURRE THE CHOSEN ONE CATCH DA LEGENDARY TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM NAZIS" kind of guy.

Simplicity is actually a good thing. I just want to be left the fuck alone in my pokemon games, something Gen 5 and 6 shoves down your neck every 5 seconds. Fucking handholding.

Edgar 4553-9970-2436 (Psychich) (SV:109)

Edgar 4553-9970-2436 (Psychich) (SV:109) Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:49:15 No.17734594 Report

Quoted By: >>17734614

>>17734564
Silver and Corless join forces

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:50:26 No.17734612 Report

Quoted By: >>17734664

>>17734059
But the remakes sold worse than the new games in each generation they were made. Seems like Gamefreak could have made more money making more new games.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:50:38 No.17734614 Report

Quoted By: >>17734760

>>17734594
For what purpose?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:51:01 No.17734619 Report

Quoted By: >>17734662

>>17734569
But they were hardly that.

>>17734564
Wow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:54:25 No.17734662 Report

Quoted By: >>17734802

>>17734577
>>17734619
>there's millions of plots they could use for a kanto sequel
>like...
>like....

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 18:54:30 No.17734664 Report

Quoted By: >>17734762

>>17734612
>Seems like Gamefreak could have made more money making more new games.

It costs much less money to produce a remake. The story is already there. The character designs are already there. The GAME ENGINE is already there. Even selling half the amount as a "new" game, Pokemon remakes can make the same profit or more.

>>17734587
>So I guess you're one of those guys that always needs the "YOURRE THE CHOSEN ONE CATCH DA LEGENDARY TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM NAZIS" kind of guy.

I'm really not. It's just that the "plot" that made GS a "sequel" was barely even there is my point.

Edgar 4553-9970-2436 (Psychich) (SV:109)

Edgar 4553-9970-2436 (Psychich) (SV:109) Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:01:10 No.17734760 Report

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>>17734614
For the sake ok Jotho starters Megavolutions

And Mega Entei/Suicune/Raikou

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:01:13 No.17734762 Report

Quoted By: >>17734827 >>17734885

>>17734664
Story? We're talking about Pokemon here. Besides, they redesigned parts of the story for HGSS.

Character designs? All trainers get redesigns and all Pokemon get new sprites or models. Hell, HGSS seriously revamped Team Rocket to have actual characters this time.

Game engine? No reason they can't use the same game engine for a new game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:04:52 No.17734802 Report

Quoted By: >>17734859 >>17734896

>>17734662
> Legendaries and regular Pokemon are acting out of sorts. All gym leaders, some old some new, are being evil bastards. Turns out they are being mentally controlled, and beating them snaps them out of it. It's Mewtwo using his psychic powers to control their minds in some to overthrow mankind. Big fight at the end on top of Mt. Silver vs. Mewtwo and bunch of controlled legendaries/gym leaders, maybe with Red & Blue / the Elite Four backing you up.

or

>Team Rocket is back, run by Silver. Plans on using Mega Stones from Kalos to control the region by force. Game introduces a ton of new Megas.

At any rate, there are things that could be done. Pokemon has far from reached the limits of storytelling. To say otherwise is pretty ridiculous.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:06:28 No.17734827 Report

Quoted By: >>17734885

>>17734762
Listen, remakes are objectively less expensive to make development-wise than brand new games. That is why they can sell less copies and still be financially viable. If you don't want to accept that I'm not going to sit here and argue with you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:08:32 No.17734859 Report

Quoted By: >>17734927 >>17734963 >>17735154

>>17734802
Both of those read like bad fanfics. The first one doesn't even sound like a Pokemon game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:10:20 No.17734885 Report

Quoted By:

>>17734762
The point still stands that 90% of the game is already laid out for the developers from the start. New sprites and models dont = new Pokemon. A lot more goes into designing the actual monsters than making sprites. With no new Pokemon, you've already saved a ton of time and money. Same with the regions already being mapped out and the base dialogue already being written.

But really >>17734827.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:10:51 No.17734896 Report

Quoted By: >>17734963

>>17734802
>silver
>a reformed bad guy attempting to take control of the region using his father's, who he hates, old team that disbanded and never reformed as said in BW

>Essentially pokequest

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:13:09 No.17734927 Report

Quoted By:

>>17734859
>The first one doesn't even sound like a Pokemon game.
Listen man, I pulled two ideas out of my ass in 5 minutes is all I'm saying. And not "sounding like a Pokemon game" would be a plus IMO, since the stories are always the same trash anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:16:03 No.17734963 Report

Quoted By: >>17734982

>>17734896
>>17734859
never said the ideas are gold. just saying, its not impossible to come up with an idea for a sequel.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:17:38 No.17734982 Report

Quoted By: >>17735093

>>17734963
When people tell you to come up with a possible plot they generally want you to come up with something that isn't absolute trash that actually has something to do with the previous game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:25:51 No.17735093 Report

Quoted By:

>>17734982
I'm sorry. I don't develop video game plots professionally.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:29:35 No.17735154 Report

Quoted By:

>>17734859
>they read like bad fanfics
And the real plots read as literary masterpieces? Pokemon is lucky it is fun and endearing, because the stories are dumb as hell.

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Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:33:57 No.17735216 Report

Quoted By: >>17735249

>people discussing plot in a pokemon game
might as well go argue about acting in porn

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:36:11 No.17735249 Report

Quoted By:

>>17735216
You get some really good acting in a few, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jan 2014 19:37:31 No.17735268 Report

Quoted By:

>That image

Probopass following its instincts

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