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Let's hope so. But I don't see how this could happen unless it will be the most successful Zelda game ever in a single year, and by a big amount too.



Ah shit, he dun it now!



lol not gonna happen. Unless theres another gimmick that sparkles with the casual market. Zelda won't sell 10m consoles by itself.



archbrix said:

In all seriousness though, NX will likely meet or (probably) exceed WiiU's LTD sales in its first year, with Zelda being a major factor.  At least I hope so anyway.

o.O

The NX will be lucky to hit the 10 million mark, I definitely don't see it pulling 13.5m in it's first year.

Even with a $299 launch, slightly more powerful than ps4 and no horrendous gimmick I don't see it outselling the WiiU LTD in it's first year.



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Zelda will be lucky to move 5 million copies let alone 10 million units.



Pinkie_pie said:
Its hard because people will just buy zelda for the wii u and they would probably wait until nx have some games that interest them

A lot will ofc but I will get it on NX since it will perform better and they have also confirmed the two versions will have differences. I was gonna pick up NX anyways so why not jump on board right away :)))



let's hope so.



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vivster said:
archbrix said:

Yep, Michael Pachter is speaking positive on Zelda BOTW and what it will do for NX sales.  So much for Nintendo's new big game/console.  

In all seriousness though, NX will likely meet or (probably) exceed WiiU's LTD sales in its first year, with Zelda being a major factor.  At least I hope so anyway.

Really? You want the NX to sell 13m units in its first year? A feat that only PS4 and Wii managed so far and to top it off with a game with a dwindling fanbase?

Dwindling?  I would hardly say that's a fair assessment.  The original Twilight Princess is the best selling Zelda ever (not counting the absurd number of OoT rereleases :P ).  Skyward Sword sold over 4 million with the Wii's reputation shot to hell, the Wii U already announced with an HD Zelda demo being shown on it, in a year competing with Skyrim and with absolutely no advertisement whatsoever.  Not saying it will sell 13 million in its first 12 months but Zelda at launch is a heck of a lot better than most launch lineups.  I mean, Xbone had Rise: Son of Rome and the PS4 had Killzone Shadowfall as their two big exclusive games, neither one of which was memorable in any way other than technical achievements.  And yet they both had good launches and the PS4 had a great first year.  But it's more down to marketing than anything else.  Exclusives and launch titles are tools, you have to use them right.  



Nuvendil said:
vivster said:

Really? You want the NX to sell 13m units in its first year? A feat that only PS4 and Wii managed so far and to top it off with a game with a dwindling fanbase?

Dwindling?  I would hardly say that's a fair assessment.  The original Twilight Princess is the best selling Zelda ever (not counting the absurd number of OoT rereleases :P ).  Skyward Sword sold over 4 million with the Wii's reputation shot to hell, the Wii U already announced with an HD Zelda demo being shown on it, in a year competing with Skyrim and with absolutely no advertisement whatsoever.  Not saying it will sell 13 million in its first 12 months but Zelda at launch is a heck of a lot better than most launch lineups.  I mean, Xbone had Rise: Son of Rome and the PS4 had Killzone Shadowfall as their two big exclusive games, neither one of which was memorable in any way other than technical achievements.  And yet they both had good launches and the PS4 had a great first year.  But it's more down to marketing than anything else.  Exclusives and launch titles are tools, you have to use them right.  

Yeah but how does a 5 million unit game sell 10 million NX consoles? One that's also available on the Wii U which will make people even more hesitant to switch to NX.

I'm not saying the NX will sell badly (though less than 10m for sure) but I don't think Zelda is helping it that much.



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