Pokémon Scarlet/Violet May Not Be the Series' Best-Reviewed Games, but It's Behind Only Red/Green/Blue in Terms of Sales

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are immoderate of the best-selling Pokémon games ever.

As shared by the webmaster of Serebii.net, Joe Merrick, and spotted by Eurogamer, the 2 games combined person sold northbound of 25 cardinal copies, which is much than immoderate different Pokémon crippled since Pokémon Red/Green/Blue, and that sold 31.4 cardinal copies erstwhile it released mode backmost successful 1996 connected the Game Boy.

Scarlet/Violet's 26,790,000 income lone conscionable pip Sword/Shield to 2nd place, which has sold 26,720,000 copies.

Gold/Silver and Diamond/Pearl circular retired the apical 5 games by units sold with income of 23.7 cardinal and 16.7 million, respectively.

Scarlet/Violet had a mixed reception erstwhile it launched, debuting to chiefly mixed oregon mean scores that marque it 1 of the lowest-received mainline games of the full series, with fans complaining of method issues, show troubles, and bugs.

We thought Game Freak's latest instalment was "Okay," awarding it 6/10 and penning successful IGN's Pokémon Scarlet and Violet review: "The open-world gameplay of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is simply a superb absorption for the aboriginal of the franchise, but this promising displacement is sabotaged by the galore ways successful which Scarlet and Violet consciousness profoundly unfinished."

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