There was no marketing? It was being talked about everywhere. If they didn't spend any money on marketing then good for them!
But in all seriousness this is Pokemon; they sold over 3 million copies of a remake of a game on a niche portable console in just 3 days; elevating its brand to an open platform for FREE that can be downloaded and installed on theoretically, what, a billion or more devices? Seems incredibly doable for Pokemon. Few other brands could do the same. Even Mario wouldn't be able to come close to competing with Pokemon's brand power.
I don't see how that data couldn't be used to argue either of our points (in fact I feel like you could make a strong case for my previous post using this very link). Ultimately though this conversation is a bit vapid without actual numbers which is a bit of a disappointment. Oh well.
But in all seriousness this is Pokemon; they sold over 3 million copies of a remake of a game on a niche portable console in just 3 days; elevating its brand to an open platform for FREE that can be downloaded and installed on theoretically, what, a billion or more devices? Seems incredibly doable for Pokemon. Few other brands could do the same. Even Mario wouldn't be able to come close to competing with Pokemon's brand power.
I would be very interested in the real numbers :)