Illusion said:
I certainly wouldn't bet against you, Curl. It will all depend on just how many units the Switch sells.I personally think a safer bet would be to replace BotW with the upcoming Pokemon RPG as I feel Pokemon has a 90%+ chance of selling more than 10 million. BotW is amazing, but if Ocarina of Time couldn't break 10 million for some insane reason I am just not sure if a masterpiece like BotW has enough pop culture appeal to get to the 10 million threshold either.
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The reason Ocarina of Time couldn't do it was because the Nintendo 64 only sold 33 million units. The Switch will blow past that mark without breaking 2 sweats.
As far as pop culture appeal goes, one could say the most popular video game behind FPS and Sports is the open-world/sandbox type game, be it action adventure (GTA) or RPG (Skyrim) and Breath of the Wild has garnered the reputation of one of the best if not THE best one of them all and it isn't just on a system that is popular and everyone wants, but is THE game to get for the system. The Switch version is tracking well ahead of the Wii version of Twilight Princess and is currently beating it comfortably in a week by week basis. There's a chance that the Switch version alone will do 10 million, add the Wii U version, which is on track to pass the GameCube version of Twilight Princess, and that chance increases dramatically.