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RolStoppable said:
VGPolyglot said:

Yeah, Zelda is such a killer app that the GameCube had two of them yet was still outsold 7:1 by the PS2.

The comparable situation is that the Wii had Zelda at launch and blew the competition out of the water.

Yet I doubt Zelda was the deciding factor there. Zelda is a decent seller but there are many Nintendo games that would do more when it comes to hardware sales in my opinion. Wii Sports was clearly the shifter in that situation.

Hell I'd say New Super Mario Bros 12 would.

It's a shame really as Breath of the Wild looks phenomenal, but while Zelda has a strong core fanbase and is a multi-million seller, it isn't really that much of a system seller, as the majority of the Zelda Fanbase are synonymous with the Hardcore Nintendo crowd that would buy anything with Nintendo written on it regardless.

I don't believe Zelda is a title that reaches out and draws new people in, it's more of a staple for the fans that are already there, Mario Kart, Wii Sports, Pokemon, Mario Bros. Things like that are a much bigger deal for shifting units in my opinion.