The Pokémon Company Banked $10.8 Billion In Retail Sales Last Year

I always find it weird when I see some list of the most obscenely successful companies/people in the world and have no idea who half of them are.

I suppose we should make allowances for the quality of their titles in light of the financial situation. Hope everyone lands on his or her feet.

To fill in the rest of the top 10:

2: Authentic - you know every single human rights violation every fashion brand that's ever been accused of committing one? This is who owns them.

3: Dotdash - Better Homes and Gardens, and other real estate advertising related scams

8:Blue Star - if you looked at number and said "well MY favorite brand isn't owned by them, so they must be-" no they're owned by these guys. Just as bad, if not worse.

10: WPH Global - the guys who killed Toys R Is and now puppet it's corpse like a skin walker.

Just a shame the Pokémon Company is too blind / greedy to see fit to invest a fair amount of this back into the bloody games that got them here in the first place.

@Sonicka : McDonald's never put their riches toward improving their "food" either.

Because of course.

So, can Gamefreaks make better Pokemon games for the Gen 10 before being eclipsed by Nexomon 3 ?
Considering they have that hefty money.
I already saw great potential from Nexomon 3 trailer.
Any excuses from Gen 10 Pokemon will make me think Nexomon 3 is worthier to play.

@Ace-Lucario
There will be Nexomon 3 with 3D model and Open World gameplay according from their latest trailer.
I have watched the monster design animation of Nexomon 3 and it was great, something that Gamefreaks should be aware.
The latest Nexomon games (Nexomon & Nexomon Extinction) on both Switch & PS4 were pretty good despite being an HD 2D style.

"Pokémon continues to deliver new gaming experiences that will drive strong momentum in 2024 and beyond."

Am I living in the same reality as the people who make these statements? Because the face of the guy who said this is thicker than the Great Wall of China

@Lightsiyd It sounds like typical shareholder meeting talk to me. People who actually play/use their products will tell you differently. I'm definitely not giving them my money unless I know the games are actually worth it. No more day 1 buys from me and definitely not full price.

Pokemon made almost $92 Billion in its total lifetime.

Disney made $62 Billion in one year.

@CazSonOfCaz Dissappointed to see that with the subpar crap that releases from Disney, but I guess most of that must be Park Revinue.

It would have been more but there is so too much fan art / fake crap around.

In before someone uses this as an opportunity to snark about....oh, wait nevermind

Wow, imagine how much more they could make if they gave a fu## about the quality of their games^^

Apparently this is a good opportunity to mention the game which will definitely definitely eat their lunch just like temtem and pal world and monster rancher and that chinese knockoff. Instead this should be all the recognition as to why all the protesting and promises to not buy is meaningless. The online gaming community as a whole couldn't make a dent in those numbers. Their majority audience exists outside this world and is infinitely larger. We'd be just as well off boycotting Disney like all the outraged Star Wars fans which I believe is going swimmingly.

@Anti-Matter I don't think Pokémon has to worry about nexo mon. If anything nexo mon will probably end up in the bargain bin for the third time.

@Pillowpants I’ve said the same thing… I got burned with the latest games. Shocking.
I should’ve known when I saw that Pokémon become bicycles… that’s whacky when you really think about it.
Really though, just solid performance is what we all want and what we’ve grown to expect from them over the years. I can look past a lot of other things and just have fun but those latest games wouldn’t even allow that. Ooooof

@iconmaster people have said it before...but damn!!! Why are we still getting games capable of running on a Gamecube! 😳🤣

@martynstuff Oh we are all thinking it surely, and it's definitely deserved too! 😂

But positively: God I'm having fun playing Sword for the first time! ☺️

As a lifelong, diehard Nintendo fan, Pokemon is the one series I’ve never been interested in or even tried to play. Am I missing out?

@Picola-Wicola

I am the same!!! That makes two of us on the entire planet.

I've been frequenting this site for over a decade and this is a first. What a relief!

To answer your question: The only thing you're missing out on is the ability to fully relate to any other person that's into video games. But that's ok, individuality is important!

@JohnnyMind
Right, i mean, you don’t have to hate the whole franchise because of a few bad apples, there are still good in there.

@Coalescence it’s true, as much you want to complain and promise not to buy more stuff, it would take revenue going down to get them notice, i mean you wonder why call of duty sales are good every year regardless of quality.

i mean worst case scenario , if the next mainline game is released in a state that actually hurts sales, either they might listen or just end the franchise in general

also, i’m not saying i’m a defender or a plant or anything, i do agree that scarlet and violet should have been in a better state at launch, but there’s good in the franchise, scarlet and violet included, and if you don’t want to like it anymore, then fine, but don’t act like nintendo and gamefreak smothered your parents or something and don’t be mean to people who still like the franchise and the games.

also let’s keep our expectations in check please

@Picola-Wicola you're just missing out on the glitches when the fans complained about Scarlet & Violet being glitchy, broken messes on release. I only played Red Rescue Team back in the day & I'm not at all interested in the modern offerings.

Nice! Always good so see companies that don't engage in mass layoffs doing well.

@donv2135 A game doing bad in sales probably isn't going to do that much and it wouldn't put an end to the franchise since Pokemon is so much more than just the console games.

@Ryoth
right, there’s also the anime, trading game, and the various merchandise, is these fans must know, it’s not just the games that help sales

And yet they can’t afford voice actors for games?

Stacked up against evil conglomerates like these, Pokemon Co doesn't seem too bad after all 🥴