>Pokemon Red and Blue sold 9.85 million copies on gameboy alone. That was two games, and that was "by the end of their run". >The assumption that people who h

>Pokemon Red and Blue sold 9.85 million copies on gameboy alone. That was two games, and that was "by the end of their run". >The assumption that people who have never played mobile games before wouldn't be interested in Pokemon is kind of crazy as well. I can't think of another mobile game that has as much name recognition before it released as Pokemon go. It's a beloved franchise, whose popularity spans generations. On top of that, cellphones are far more ubiquitous than the gameboy ever was. There are people who are playing Pokemon go who have never been in to mobile gaming, but I doubt the number of people playing Pokemon Go who have never played another video game in their life is much, much, much smaller. You're aided by hindsight. PKGO grew faster than any prior mobile game or any previous pokemon IP, by a large margin.