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Forums - Sales Discussion - Zelda beats Horizon Zero Dawn to No.1 in Japan

Just in! Opening sales for Breath of the Wild have outperformed Horizon Zero Dawn's sales in the Land of the Rising Sun. Knowing Japanese gaming trends, some might not consider this too much of a surprise. Enduring gaming trends in Japan have tended towards mobility for some time now and the Switch is perfectly capable of gaming on the go.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-beats-horizon-zero-dawn-to-no-1-in-japan/0179885

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild moved 193,000 units on the Switch and an additional 45,052 on the WiiU. Horizon Zero Dawn moved 109,739 units on the PS4. Recall that Switch has only just recently launched in Japan selling 330,637 of the units while PS4 has an install base of millions in Japan. Entirely possible that Japan prefers the artsy approach of BotW's aesthetic to HZD's more realistic one hence the sales numbers. After years of indulging in Japanese industries, I get the feeling Japan loves artsy things not unlike myself. Don't take my word for it though, it's just my gut feeling...



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This is not just in lol



I should hope it beats it in Japan, a brand new console with a well established IP going back multiple generations, still Horizon outsold Zelda globally and is the fastest new IP selling game. We will see in 5 years what is what.



This has already been known since wednesday lol



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

Boutros said:
This is not just in lol

It was for me! :P



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Horizon won the UK and Zelda one Japan. Crazy that guerilla of all developers could release a new Ip and their first RPG to rival the sales of a household name like Zelda.



Of course! My Sig says it all!



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Nautilus said:
This has already been known since wednesday lol

Yesterday, in other words? I don't actually follow sales threads to be honest.



wasn't everyone expecting this? LOL



CGI-Quality said:
Why do I feel like we've been through this already..........?

I've just learned this is old news since yesterday....?