Despite being tainted by performance issues<\/a> that have persisted since launch, Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet<\/em> and Violet <\/em>is the fastest-selling game in Nintendo\u2019s history\u2014as confirmed by the company<\/a>.<\/p>
For reference, it took Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> three months to reach 12.64 million copies sold<\/a>, although that was a spinoff title that dropped after the Pok\u00e9mon Diamond<\/em> and Pearl <\/em>remakes, rather than a mainline game.<\/em><\/p>
So, although Scarlet<\/em> and Violet<\/em>\u2019s performance issues might have held it back from being a critical success<\/a> in the eyes of fans and critics, it was certainly a commercial one.<\/p>
What\u2019s more, it achieved this feat despite the fact its performance issues have potentially deterred large numbers of fans from buying it and pushed others to demand refunds.<\/a><\/p>
It could also be on track<\/a> to becoming the best-selling game in the franchise\u2019s history.<\/p>
That title belongs to Pok\u00e9mon Red<\/em> and Blue<\/em>, which has sold 31.3 million copies<\/a>. Pok\u00e9mon Sword <\/em>and Shield <\/em>sold 24.27 copies, putting it in second place, followed by Pok\u00e9mon Gold <\/em>and Silver <\/em>and Pok\u00e9mon Diamond <\/em>and Pearl, <\/em>which sold 23.1 million and 17.67 million, respectively.<\/p>
Not everyone is happy about its success<\/a>, though. Some felt like the fact Nintendo is celebrating sales rather than fixing issues speaks volumes<\/a> and urged them to release a patch<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
