{"id":1958112,"date":"2026-05-27T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1958112"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:43:08","slug":"pokemon-game-sales-cross-515m-units-as-the-pokemon-company-looks-to-winds-and-waves-next-year-and-tcg-production-is-ramping-up-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1958112","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon game sales cross 515m units as The Pok\u00e9mon Company looks to Winds and Waves next year, and TCG production is ramping up too"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-wind-and-waves\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon Wind and Waves<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Pok\u00e9mon game sales cross 515m units as The Pok\u00e9mon Company looks to Winds and Waves next year, and TCG production is ramping up too<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Big pockets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon_money_custom_WindyWavychu.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Mr. Windychu and Ms. Wavychu making money - 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It all adds up, and the latest update straight from The Pok\u00e9mon Company is staggering.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/the-pok%C3%A9mon-company-has-published-their-annual-figure-update-vg-26m-tcg-10b.1530754\/\">ResetEra<\/a>, we&#8217;ve learned about The Pok\u00e9mon Company&#8217;s &#8220;annual figure update&#8221;, which can also be viewed through <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.pokemon.co.jp\/en\/aboutus\/figures\/\">the official site<\/a>. &#8220;Total shipments of all Pok\u00e9mon-related software&#8221; are now over 515m units versus last year&#8217;s 489m. If that sounds like a lot at first, think about how long Pok\u00e9mon games have been with us.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pokemon Legends: Z-A &#8211; Official Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FNhW0zzVtRE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps even more shocking is the ridiculous amount of Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards printed so far: 85 billion, which represents a whopping 10 billion increase in only one year. If you&#8217;ve been paying attention to the physical card game space in recent years, Pok\u00e9mon has been making big moves and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokemon-tcg-full-release-schedule-2026\">relentlessly putting out new sets<\/a> since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-trading-card-game-pocket\">Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/a> took off on mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Those figures also underline the ongoing issue &#8211; which seems somewhat alleviated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-fans-react-to-winds-and-waves-announcement-we-really-got-the-angry-bird\">Winds and Waves&#8217; reveal trailer<\/a> &#8211; of Pok\u00e9mon games not getting as much love as they should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-games-have-become-consistently-ugly-and-its-alright-to-wish-they-werent\">on the technical polish front<\/a>. Past games have drawn criticism from broad swathes of the Pok\u00e9mon fandom thanks to less-than-ideal animations and graphical quirks, leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-champions-producer-on-criticism-of-graphics\">even to veteran producers being forced to apologise<\/a>. From what we&#8217;ve seen of Wind and Waves so far, it looks like things are improving, but it&#8217;s early days yet &#8211; will the next mainline release break Game Freak&#8217;s streak?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-winds-and-waves-everything-we-know-so-far\">Pok\u00e9mon Winds and Waves<\/a> will no doubt be huge when the two games launch on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> in 2027, but Pok\u00e9mon is thriving regardless of what&#8217;s going on in the mainline series. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-legends-z-a-sold-more-in-a-week-than-pokemon-xy-58m-copies-with-roughly-half-on-switch-2\">Legends: Z-A had a killer debut last year<\/a>, and you don&#8217;t need us to remind you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-nioh-3-performed-so-well-koei-techmo-revised-earnings-forecast\">Pokopia has been huge<\/a>, too. It all adds up, and the latest update straight from The Pok\u00e9mon Company is staggering.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/the-pok%C3%A9mon-company-has-published-their-annual-figure-update-vg-26m-tcg-10b.1530754\/\">ResetEra<\/a>, we&#8217;ve learned about The Pok\u00e9mon Company&#8217;s &#8220;annual figure update&#8221;, which can also be viewed through <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.pokemon.co.jp\/en\/aboutus\/figures\/\">the official site<\/a>. &#8220;Total shipments of all Pok\u00e9mon-related software&#8221; are now over 515m units versus last year&#8217;s 489m. If that sounds like a lot at first, think about how long Pok\u00e9mon games have been with us.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pokemon Legends: Z-A &#8211; Official Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FNhW0zzVtRE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps even more shocking is the ridiculous amount of Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards printed so far: 85 billion, which represents a whopping 10 billion increase in only one year. If you&#8217;ve been paying attention to the physical card game space in recent years, Pok\u00e9mon has been making big moves and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokemon-tcg-full-release-schedule-2026\">relentlessly putting out new sets<\/a> since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-trading-card-game-pocket\">Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/a> took off on mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Those figures also underline the ongoing issue &#8211; which seems somewhat alleviated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-fans-react-to-winds-and-waves-announcement-we-really-got-the-angry-bird\">Winds and Waves&#8217; reveal trailer<\/a> &#8211; of Pok\u00e9mon games not getting as much love as they should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-games-have-become-consistently-ugly-and-its-alright-to-wish-they-werent\">on the technical polish front<\/a>. Past games have drawn criticism from broad swathes of the Pok\u00e9mon fandom thanks to less-than-ideal animations and graphical quirks, leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-champions-producer-on-criticism-of-graphics\">even to veteran producers being forced to apologise<\/a>. From what we&#8217;ve seen of Wind and Waves so far, it looks like things are improving, but it&#8217;s early days yet &#8211; will the next mainline release break Game Freak&#8217;s streak?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Wind and Waves Pok\u00e9mon game sales cross 515m units as The Pok\u00e9mon Company looks to Winds and Waves next year, and TCG production is ramping up too Big pockets. 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