Is pokemon less popular?

[smithdaniel12]

Compared to recent years I feel like Pok?mon has been less popular than it used to be. Sure Pok?mon is not as big as it was in Gen 1 and Gen 2 to an extent which is understandable. But compared to Gen 4 and 5 it seems like Pok?mon is less successful currently. X & Y are currently the least most successful set of games (not counting remakes) with around 14 million sold however that's still reasonable and close to Diamond & Pearl which have sold over 18 million. The 3DS has the lowest sales of any Nintendo handheld to date despite selling reasonably well and I've seen many people buy a 3DS mainly for Pok?mon. If Nintendo handheld sales continue decline it's possible Pok?mon will slowly go down with it unless Game Freak decides to release the main series games for smartphones which probably won't happen but is possible considering Game Freak has put games on non Nintendo systems. However that would also cause Nintendo handhelds to lose lots of sales.

 

[bobandbill]

But compared to Gen 4 and 5 it seems like Pok?mon is less successful currently. X & Y are currently the least most successful set of games (not counting remakes) with around 14 million sold however that's still reasonable and close to Diamond & Pearl which have sold over 18 million. The 3DS has the lowest sales of any Nintendo handheld to date despite selling reasonably well and I've seen many people buy a 3DS mainly for Pok?mon.

Going to dispute this. Take this site: https://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Pokémon Even discluding remakes or sequels, XY has a touch more than BW. ORAS meanwhile has more than the other remakes (HGSS more than FRLG), and more than B2W2 as well.

3DS has less units sold, certainly, but there's only a few platforms before it. Gameboy/GBC are lumped together, Advance and then DS, with DS being the runaway winner there. So if anything, the XY sales being on par with BW and only a few million behind DP is really impressive - there's a significantly smaller install base with the 3DS compared to the DS, and yet the same sort of numbers of Pokemon games sales are made.

Ergo, I don't believe sales are decreasing nor that there is anything to worry about.

 

[EC]

Aren't Sun and Moon the fastest selling Pokemon games in the entire series? And you're trying to say Pokemon is less popular? Hmm...

 

[Lunar]

I'm pretty sure Sun and Moon broke a few records, but I can see what you mean before this year's games. Although, personally I believe a lot of us think Pokemon is less popular simply because we've grown up, when we were younger, it seemed like everyone was playing Pokemon, but now I'm older, hardly any of my friends play it and because of that my only interactions with other Pokemon fans come on this website.