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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Horizon and Zelda... a week apart? Will BOTW be overshadowed by the new Sony IP.

 

I will be playing...

Both Horizon: ZD and BOTW. 114 10.18%
 
Just Horizon. 290 25.89%
 
Just BOTW. 520 46.43%
 
I'm going to wait to see... 33 2.95%
 
BOTW first then Horizon. 120 10.71%
 
Horizon first then BOTW. 43 3.84%
 
Total:1,120
dgboweniii on 20 February 2017

I will happily be playing both.  PUMPED about it.  



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S.T.A.G.E. on 20 February 2017
Shiken said:
Both games will do great, but if either of them has a chance of being "overshadowed" it is Horizon. The hype for Zelda is much higher than Horizon overall, and Zelda is a legendary franchise to boot.

Horizon is a new IP, and while it looks great, it won't even put a dent in BotW lifetime sales. BotW will sell well out of the gate and have legs. Horizon will sell well out of the gate and HOPEFULLY have legs.

Don't underestimate new Sony ips. Look how much the last of us sold.



S.T.A.G.E. on 20 February 2017
dgboweniii said:

I will happily be playing both.  PUMPED about it.  

The most rational response. Same here



Jranation on 21 February 2017
Profrektius said:

If Zelda was releasing on PS4. Or if Horizon was releasing on the Switch. Zelda is the biggest game from all the Switch launch games. So no.

I think Zelda not having competition in the Switch Launch Line up made the game even more advertised and well known. I mean that game got a Superbowl ad! 



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BigT on 21 February 2017

Oh god, here we go with the " nintendo has the best games ever " argument. Its sad really. I guess MS and sony have been dominating this gen based off of nothing but luck.



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Miyamotoo on 21 February 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Shiken said:
Both games will do great, but if either of them has a chance of being "overshadowed" it is Horizon. The hype for Zelda is much higher than Horizon overall, and Zelda is a legendary franchise to boot.

Horizon is a new IP, and while it looks great, it won't even put a dent in BotW lifetime sales. BotW will sell well out of the gate and have legs. Horizon will sell well out of the gate and HOPEFULLY have legs.

Don't underestimate new Sony ips. Look how much the last of us sold.

It's very clear that Horizon is not one same level like Last of Us.



Miyamotoo on 21 February 2017
BigT said:
Oh god, here we go with the " nintendo has the best games ever " argument. Its sad really. I guess MS and sony have been dominating this gen based off of nothing but luck.

I didn't saw "nintendo has the best games ever" argument, but clear fact is that 3D Zelda game are always very high quality games, and usualy one of best games in generation.



Nuvendil on 21 February 2017
BigT said:
Oh god, here we go with the " nintendo has the best games ever " argument. Its sad really. I guess MS and sony have been dominating this gen based off of nothing but luck.

That's not the argument I see here.  The argument I see here is that the odds favor a new, highly anticipated entry in a venerable franchise from an acclaimed developer rather than an unproven new IP from a studio not nearly as acclaimed.  That's not an unreasonable stance.  If this were a Naughty Dog game then you probably wouldn't see that as much.  But it's a Guerilla Games game.

 

As for Sony and MS, Sony has indeed had it going on and no one denies that.  MS, though, has not.  Halo has well and truly fallen, Overdrive failed to gain traction, Forza has been so overused that thw hype for the franchise has greatly faded, Quantum Break was disappointing on all fronts.  MS has mainly kept the Xbone relevant via aggressive bundles, fire sales, and other such tactics.  Tactics that have bitten them in the rear as now they can't even sell their products consistently at price parity with Sony and sales constantly crater whenever one of those big sales isn't going on.  So Sony is dominating, MS is just getting by.



S.T.A.G.E. on 21 February 2017
Miyamotoo said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Don't underestimate new Sony ips. Look how much the last of us sold.

It's very clear that Horizon is not one same level like Last of Us.

Perhaps not in reviews, but it might sell more than the PS3 version of the Last of Us over time. We must not forget that the installed base of the PS4 is higher this generation. Chances are that it will be Sonys third console to sell over a 100 million, which will give it ample time to sell. Sony exclusives sell over a gradual amount of time as well. 



Miyamotoo on 21 February 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Miyamotoo said:

It's very clear that Horizon is not one same level like Last of Us.

Perhaps not in reviews, but it might sell more than the PS3 version of the Last of Us over time. We must not forget that the installed base of the PS4 is higher this generation. Chances are that it will be Sonys third console to sell over a 100 million, which will give it ample time to sell. Sony exclusives sell over a gradual amount of time as well. 

My point is that Horizon will definitely not be popular like Last of Us in any case, we talking about very uniqe game and easily one of best games of last gen, Last Of Us become cult game and must played title, people actually were buying PS3/PS4 just to play that game. Horizon will definitely not have sucha effect.

For now IMO, Horizon will sell around 5m.