>>500260976 million is an old figure that was reached in the first few weeks and hasn't been updated since. It's likely way more than that by now. We'll probably hear an updated number in a few months but PLA may have arrested development from losing relevance after one month from inter-company sabotage from Ohmori and co. Also
>>50026109 and Elden Ring is going to have wider appeal than Pokemon. Sales mean little on their own and the only thing you can really get out of them is when comparing one game in a series to another and even that has a lot of caveats that make it not a good way to make a 1-to-1 comparison. Pokemon games after 2008 started selling less than DP and I don't think that was just due to a new Gen vs third version and remake or whatever people like to meme about Gen 5. If we're heading for another recession I expect SV to suffer the same date.