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Pokémon X & Y Japanese sales tailing off faster than Black & White

Pokémon X & Y may have sold great guns, but it doesn't seem to have the staying power of previous incarnation Black & White.

According to Media Create data harvested by Siliconera, Japanese sales of Pokémon X & Y dropped to 473,000 in its second week, a decrease of 75%.

The original Pokémon Black & White, saw sales drop by 70% during its second week. That 5% difference may not seem substantial, but the 2010 DS title also had high first week sales.

The 3DS's smaller install base - less than half that of the DS in 2010 - is likely a contributing factor to the reduced sales. Certainly Nintendo seems happy with the RPG's figures; it shifted 4 million units worldwide in its first two days and drove the 3DS up the US hardware charts.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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