{"id":2093396,"date":"2026-08-14T13:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2093396"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:19:08","slug":"nintendo-announces-pokemon-pokopia-has-sold-over-5m-copies-meaning-that-roughly-one-in-four-switch-2-users-now-owns-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2093396","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo announces Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has sold over 5m copies, meaning that roughly one in four Switch 2 users now owns the game"},"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-pokopia\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Nintendo announces Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has sold over 5m copies, meaning that roughly one in four Switch 2 users now owns the game<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Raising the Cinnabar.<\/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\/pokopia-header.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Ditto, disguised as a human girl, takes a selfie with an Onix who is shown on a Switch 2\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"pokopia-header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-14T13:19:08+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 14, 2026, 1:19 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-5m-sales?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"97168ab0-566e-4c63-908e-fb3d4fd497ad\" data-name=\"Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\" title=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It looks like we&#8217;ve got another massive Pok\u00e9mon-flavoured hit on our hands. Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260813580796\/en\/Global-Sales-of-Pokmon-Pokopia-for-Nintendo-Switch-2-Surpass-5-Million-Units\">have confirmed<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> has sold more than five million units globally &#8211; a pretty impressive number given the game has been out for &#8220;just over four months&#8221;. These sales include both physical and digital editions of the game.<\/p>\n<p>We know that, as of May 2026 at least, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-sales-forecast-fy2027\">Nintendo has sold over 20m Switch 2 units<\/a>. A bit of napkin maths suggests, then, that one in four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> users now owns a copy of Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia &#8211; not bad going for a spin-off series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-reminds-us-of-an-important-lesson-other-developers-can-and-should-take-risks-with-the-pokemon-ip\">from the folks that made Dragon Quest Builders<\/a>. We&#8217;re still relatively early on in the console&#8217;s lifespan (it only launched on 5th June, 2025), but this certainly establishes Pokopia as one of the most important games on the system.<\/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>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4uBeQbL0VJA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-legends-z-a\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/a> has a dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, for instance, and that has sold 3.99m units, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/finance\/software\/index.html\">according to Nintendo&#8217;s reporting<\/a>. Granted, its sales on the original Switch likely bump that over Pokopia, but as far as Switch 2 software is concerned, this third-party title beats even a first-party Pok\u00e9mon game on the system. In fact, Pokopia is so popular, only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mario-kart-world\">Mario Kart World<\/a> has it beaten in terms of sales &#8211; that has an eye-watering 15.39m sales, meaning that three in every four Nintendo Switch 2 owners also has a copy of the game.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recent sales have likely been bolstered by the first release from the Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia Expansion Pass, which has been made available as paid downloadable content this week. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-bubbly-basin-walkthrough\">Part 1: Bubbly Basin<\/a>&#8221; is available now and features an underwater town with more Pok\u00e9mon to discover, new furniture to build, new food to prepare, and more.\n<\/p>\n<p>The game is part-published by both Nintendo and Koei Tecmo, who recently noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/koei-tecmo-fiscal-year-2027-plans\">it wants to decrease its &#8220;dependence on major titles&#8221;<\/a> in the future by &#8220;prioritizing portfolio balance&#8221; with ports, remasters, and a few smaller projects aimed at loyal communities that perhaps aren&#8217;t as mainstream. It seems, if Pokopia was a part of that gambit, it&#8217;s already paying off for the Japanese company.<\/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>It looks like we&#8217;ve got another massive Pok\u00e9mon-flavoured hit on our hands. Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260813580796\/en\/Global-Sales-of-Pokmon-Pokopia-for-Nintendo-Switch-2-Surpass-5-Million-Units\">have confirmed<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> has sold more than five million units globally &#8211; a pretty impressive number given the game has been out for &#8220;just over four months&#8221;. These sales include both physical and digital editions of the game.<\/p>\n<p>We know that, as of May 2026 at least, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-sales-forecast-fy2027\">Nintendo has sold over 20m Switch 2 units<\/a>. A bit of napkin maths suggests, then, that one in four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> users now owns a copy of Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia &#8211; not bad going for a spin-off series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-reminds-us-of-an-important-lesson-other-developers-can-and-should-take-risks-with-the-pokemon-ip\">from the folks that made Dragon Quest Builders<\/a>. We&#8217;re still relatively early on in the console&#8217;s lifespan (it only launched on 5th June, 2025), but this certainly establishes Pokopia as one of the most important games on the system.<\/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>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4uBeQbL0VJA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-legends-z-a\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/a> has a dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, for instance, and that has sold 3.99m units, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/finance\/software\/index.html\">according to Nintendo&#8217;s reporting<\/a>. Granted, its sales on the original Switch likely bump that over Pokopia, but as far as Switch 2 software is concerned, this third-party title beats even a first-party Pok\u00e9mon game on the system. In fact, Pokopia is so popular, only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mario-kart-world\">Mario Kart World<\/a> has it beaten in terms of sales &#8211; that has an eye-watering 15.39m sales, meaning that three in every four Nintendo Switch 2 owners also has a copy of the game.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recent sales have likely been bolstered by the first release from the Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia Expansion Pass, which has been made available as paid downloadable content this week. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-bubbly-basin-walkthrough\">Part 1: Bubbly Basin<\/a>&#8221; is available now and features an underwater town with more Pok\u00e9mon to discover, new furniture to build, new food to prepare, and more.\n<\/p>\n<p>The game is part-published by both Nintendo and Koei Tecmo, who recently noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/koei-tecmo-fiscal-year-2027-plans\">it wants to decrease its &#8220;dependence on major titles&#8221;<\/a> in the future by &#8220;prioritizing portfolio balance&#8221; with ports, remasters, and a few smaller projects aimed at loyal communities that perhaps aren&#8217;t as mainstream. It seems, if Pokopia was a part of that gambit, it&#8217;s already paying off for the Japanese company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia Nintendo announces Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has sold over 5m copies, meaning that roughly one in four Switch 2 users now owns the game Raising the Cinnabar. 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