Pokemon Sword and Shield Credit: Game FreakThat a Pokémon game beat out Jedi: Fallen Order in both of their opening weekends shouldn’t be a massive shock. But if you look a bit closer at UK sales numbers (not global, obviously, but often used as a benchmark for sales), you’ll notice something even more impressive. It isn’t only that Pokémon Sword and Shield outsold Jedi: Fallen Order. It’s that Pokémon Sword, on its own, nabbed the number one UK sales spot. Pokémon games always release in pairs: in this case that’s Pokémon Sword and Shield, two mostly similar games but two different retail products, counted separately.

Source: Forbes November 18, 2019 15:56 UTC