>>57019905“It must have been hard work. Well, congratulations on the big success of Ruby & Sapphire.”
Masuda: “Thank you.”
“It’s really incredible they sold 4 million copies in the 40 days since launch. How did that feel as a creator?”
Masuda: “I wasn’t really paying attention to the numbers.”
“Wasn’t it an incredible start to the New Year?”
Masuda: “I just felt like ‘well, I guess this New Year’s is about over.'”
Sugimori: “Our feeling wasn’t so much ‘oh good, it sold!’ It was more like ‘oh good, it’s over.'”
“How many more copies do you think they’ll sell?”
Sugimori: “(Points at Kondo of Pokemon Company PR) You can talk numbers with him.”
Takanato Kondo
“So as a creator, you don’t think about the numbers?”
Masuda: “No not really.”
Sugimori: “We’re grateful it’s selling, but we didn’t set out to make it because we wanted to sell however many copies.”
“As of last September, the series has sold a total of 73.61 million copies worldwide.”
Kondo: “Yes, those are the figures from Red to Crystal, so once you add in Ruby & Sapphire, it’s around 80 million for the mainline series.”
“80 million copies! That’s incredible, truly difficult to even imagine.”
Sugimori: “I can’t imagine it either. 80 million feels the same as 8 million.”
