Article Pokemon ORAS sells 9.94 Million Copies Worldwide!

that is, to be honest incredible the game sold that much, but seeing how hoenn is very popular i am not surprised but, those sells man

 

Definitely incredible after only seven months and as someone who loved OR/AS I'm extremely happy to hear this. c:

 

Kind of shocked it's doing as good as it is, but the sales still pale in comparison to other games. Historically, Hoenn is the least popular region by number of games sold:

Generation I:
Red/Blue/Green/Yellow combined sales: 46.02
Red/Blue/Green: 31.38
Yellow: 14.64

Generation II:
Gold, Silver, and Crystal combined sales: 29.49
Gold and Silver: 23.10
Crystal: 6.39

Generation III (excluding remakes):
Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald combined sales: 22.54
Ruby and Sapphire: 16.22
Emerald: 6.32

Generation IV (excluding remakes):
Diamond, Pearl and Platinum combined sales: 25.23
Diamond and Pearl: 17.63
Platinum: 7.60

Generation V:
Black and White, & Black 2 and White 2 combined sales: 24.12
Black and White: 15.60
Black 2 and White 2: 8.52

Remake and overall region Sales:
FireRed and LeafGreen sales: 12.00
Combined Kanto games sold (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen): 58.02

HeartGold and SoulSilver sales: 12.72
Combined Johto games sold (Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver): 42.21

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire sales: 9.94
Combined Hoenn games sold (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire: 32.48

I don't expect OR/AS to exceed the 12 million mark, and as the numbers trend shows, if we ever get D/P and/or B/W remakes, the numbers will most likely still be greater than the Hoenn games.

To be honest, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are "hot" sellers partially because of the horrible "7.8" meme that the anti-IGN fanbase created. Thousands of non-Pokémon fans picked up on it, which likely influenced them to buy a copy of OR or AS.

 

Woah! That's awesome! And pretty cool!

 

Not really as far as I know people in my "circle" don't look well to Gen 5, only saying they played because it was the next gen, they overall hated it and I think Nintendo got that as they barely stayed in gen 5 for 2-3 years? which is much lower than the average gen... Gen 6 brought popularity back, but will it be around for Gen 7?

 

Looking at the stats, I'm kinda surprised HGSS didn't do better since they are amazing games imo, but oh well. I guess ORAS did pretty fine, seeing as it's only been 7 months since its release.

 

looking back how are B2/W2 lower than W/B? B/W where better plot wise but... B2/W2 worked better and more smoothly for me in plot, action, and everything else even adding a hard mode!

 

That's not a bad number at all for being out for, what, six months? It's only three million away from matching X and Y. Give it a year, and those numbers will match.