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Old September 17th, 2008 (10:24 AM).
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Since, it should go at least to 1.5 by the end of the week. =D

Good for them, lol. Wait until it hits US shores, doubt it'll even break 400k first week. XD
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Old September 17th, 2008 (10:58 AM).
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You're joking right! 1 million in three days? That actually seems impossible. So, Platinum sold for 1 million in 3 days, that's 480 million plus in Us dollars.

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Wow... 1 million in three days? Bet there's a video somewhere with Japanese people stampeding to the game store.
When I got D/P there was a huge line at the mall. The kid in front of me was crying. xD
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Wow, nintendo is the Weezy of gaming. Wonder how itll do hitting US shores
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Old September 17th, 2008 (11:49 AM). Edited September 20th, 2008 by BeachBoy.
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Har har har, looks like all that "I won't buy it because it'll be lame like DP" was completely null. :P That's an incredible accomplishment, should definitely satisfy the money hungry. XD
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You're joking right! 1 million in three days? That actually seems impossible. So, Platinum sold for 1 million in 3 days, that's 480 million plus in Us dollars.

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Er... wha? 1 million copies of POKeMON Platinum would be about 40 million dollars...

One copy would be about 4,000 yen, give or take, and you just multiply that by a million and then convert it to dollars. I have no clue how you got 480 million dollars out of it.

Anyway... it's awesome that it sold so much.
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Er... wha? 1 million copies of POKeMON Platinum would be about 40 million dollars...

One copy would be about 4,000 yen, give or take, and you just multiply that by a million and then convert it to dollars. I have no clue how you got 480 million dollars out of it.

Anyway... it's awesome that it sold so much.
He obviously just accidently added an extra zero... Just chill out. xD

I can't believe Platinum gained that much revenue within it's first three days! My god, how did it surpass Diamond and Pearl! Personally, I chalk it all up to hype as I don't actually feel there is too much of a difference between Platinum and D/P. Pretty awesome job on Nintendo's marketing, eh?
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Pokemon Platinum has sold 967,675 copies in it's first two days in Japanese stores, and broke the 1 million mark on the third day. It may even break the 1.58 million record set by Diamond and Pearl in their first week.

Could Platinum by itself outsell both Diamond and Pearl combined? It may break the first week record, but I doubt that it will surpass 5.5 million total sales set by Diamond and Pearl. But then again, it's a very real possibility.

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Well, I'm playing Platinum now and I can see why people wanted it so bad! The sprites are awesome, as well as the Torn World and Battle Frontier! Platinum even has the Regis and the legendary birds!
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Yeah, GameFreak/Nintendo is going Weezy with sells!
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I'm sure it did, that dosen't surprise me at all (I saw this coming, now everyone has to look at the ugly Skuntank sprite XD)
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It still seems appropriate to discuss it on this board.
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Wow... didn't think Plat sold so much seeing how I didn't even need to line up to buy it.
It's Yodobashi Camera at Shinjuku, so it's not like it's a small store either.
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That's crazy 1mil copies.... O.o

I wonder how it will be once it gets to the US
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whoa...it was probably influenced by Diamond and Pearl's popularity, and those shadowy forms...they're forms of Rotom right?

That's still a big number though, I want to get a copy once it arrives in the US
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I didn't think it would sell so drastically well considering it's essentially the same as DP.
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I didn't think it would sell so drastically well considering it's essentially the same as DP.
You'd be surprised, with Nintendo and Pokemon. Despite:

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Har har har, looks like all that "I won't buy it because it'll be lame like DP" was completely null. :P
The emboldened quote, these kinds of Pokemon games surprise everyone with their intense fluctuation of sales. But in saying that, I have no idea if Yellow, Crystal and Emerald shifted more than their respective originals.. XD;

Anyway, yeah. Go figure on that one, huh, BeachBoy? :P Its always fun to see stuff like that said and then face planted due to sales being better than the original two. XD
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Interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if Platinum sold a lot. Its like a 4th Generation Pokemon Emerald. In fact, thats basically what it is. ._.
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The emboldened quote, these kinds of Pokemon games surprise everyone with their intense fluctuation of sales. But in saying that, I have no idea if Yellow, Crystal and Emerald shifted more than their respective originals.. XD;

Anyway, yeah. Go figure on that one, huh, BeachBoy? :P Its always fun to see stuff like that said and then face planted due to sales being better than the original two. XD
Hehe true, and yeah, I don't think Yellow, Crystal or Emerald compare to all the changes in Pt, but it's arguable I guess? I just remember so many people complaining about it in the early stages about "Eww, just another remake and waste of money" then people actually see the huge amount of changes, the clear insane amount of hype and wham! Million bucks off the shelf in three days.

When you compare sales to Diamond & Pearl, Platinum slaughtered them... really.

"Within forty-six days, the games (Talking about DP) sold three million units, becoming the fastest DS games to do so, and by the end of the year, the number increased to five million units in just under three months."

Platinum sold 1 million in three days, jeez, just shatter that too. o_o
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Wow, if Platinum sold that much I wonder what a remake of Gold and Silver would sell....
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Wow, if Platinum sold that much I wonder what a remake of Gold and Silver would sell....
Yeah... now that I think about it, how could they (Gamefreak/Nintendo/whoever) pass it up? I have a strong feeling it will happen sooner or later.
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You know what,i'm not gunna purchase this because it's too much like d/p it's just like playing them again,i don't see the point.But if they make a new region/pokemon for there next game i wil probably buy that because it's something new.
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I can't say I'm surprised. Platinum has been getting a lot of praise, and with the first video it had probably changed the minds of anyone that thought they weren't going to be getting it due to it being "a horrid D/P copy".
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Yeah, apparently Platinum is the fastest selling DS game in Japan ever.

First week sales: (from someone on bmgf who says it's from Famitsu)

Pokemon Yellow: 851,091
Pokemon Crystal: 707,580
Pokemon Emerald: 643,987
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