Pokemon Sword and Shield Debuts in 1st on the EMEAA Charts - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 November 2019 / 5,565 Views

Pokemon Sword and Shield has debuted in first on the EMEAA charts for the week ending November 17, 2019. The three versions of the game broken down by version debuted in first (Sword), third (Shield), and ninth (Double Pack).

The one other new game in the top 10, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, debuted in second place.

Here are the top 10 best-selling titles (combined physical and digital sales):

Pokemon Sword - NEW
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - NEW
Pokemon Shield - NEW
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
FIFA 20
Death Stranding
Luigi's Mansion 3
Need for Speed: Heat
Pokemon Sword and Shield Double Pack - NEW
Grand Theft Auto V

The physical charts includes all games in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Digital data includes games sold in Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and UAE.

The GSD charts includes games from Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, EA, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, Microsoft, Milestone, Paradox, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Ubisoft and Warner Bros.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

12 Comments

icykai (on 22 November 2019)

Typo: pokemon Swield, thanks for the rest :)

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Jumpin icykai (on 22 November 2019)

Pokémon Sweild is a good combo name for the full game =)

Roberto63 (on 24 November 2019)

If you know that a certain game has sold more than another by both digital and physical then you can certainly publish the sales figures!

RaptorChrist (on 22 November 2019)

Don't most Pokemon games usually have a pretty even split when it comes to x vs y? Maybe "sword" and "shield" were poor choices for names as it seems like everyone really loves swords. It's not exactly surprising to see Sword selling more, but somewhere I saw something that put Sword at like 75 ~ 80%. It wasn't sales related, and I can't remember where I saw it (maybe a poll), but it seems like Sword could be getting the vast majority of sales based on my observations.

crissindahouse RaptorChrist (on 22 November 2019)

Zacian looks just so much better

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SecondWar RaptorChrist (on 22 November 2019)

I think in general the first copy (ie Sword, Sun, Red etc) tend to sell better, although say by how much or specifically why.
I usually do get the second one but got Sword this time as I thought the exclusives were better.

JWeinCom RaptorChrist (on 23 November 2019)

I think they're fine with whatever version sells more. Besides, I guess that makes the shield exclusives more valuable.

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Amnesia (on 22 November 2019)

So Ring Fit could not be above GTA V...Interesting.

JWeinCom Amnesia (on 23 November 2019)

Typically, games don't stay in the top 10 a month after their debut. Games like GTAV are the exception, and I don't think anyone was expecting GTAV level sales for Ring Fit.