Where there’s cute and lovable Pokémon, there’s always a way. Despite less-than-stellar reviews and tons of performance hitches and bugs, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet just broke sales records on the Nintendo Switch and beyond, moving 10 million copies in their opening weekend alone.
“This is the highest number ever for global and domestic sales in the first three days after the release of software for all Nintendo game consoles, including Nintendo Switch,” the Mario maker revealed in a press release late Wednesday. Roughly 4 million sales happened just in Japan, while the other 6 million came from abroad.
To put that number in perspective, the last mainline entries in the series, Pokémon Sword and Shield, only sold 2 million copies in their first two days. They are currently the fifth best-selling game ever on the Switch, suggesting Scarlet and…
