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I'd be a person that would get a Switch but not care about Zelda. I don't give a shit about Zelda.



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ArchangelMadzz said:
Pyro as Bill said:
Up to now it's the best selling handheld game and the best selling home console game. If you combine their sales it could go on to beat CoD and FIFA.

So true. All switch sales in reality should be doubled for accuracy. 

 

Looks like we'll catch up to Xbox even quicker!

If this is a parody thread then it fails from a logical standpoint.

It's trying to create a false dichotomy where the option of "buying the Switch right now for Zelda but also all the games that will release in the future" doesn't exist. Which, more than likely, is the option most people would choose.

How many people who have bought the Switch AND Zelda so far would have done so if Zelda was announced as the ONLY game that would ever be made for the system? I would imagine the number would go down by quite a bit.



well OP tried to make zelda sales look mind boggling by implying that zelda managed to sell 4m even though theoretically it cost $300 with the console.. But I guess he didnt think it thru and fell flat, i m sure he will get back up and will entertain us with his new ripley's believe it or not.



This is actually a pretty smart thread when you think about it, haters be like "switch is shit because only has Zelda" and when you say this they are like "but switch has (or will have) more games" xD Nice trap.



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Goodnightmoon said:

This is actually a pretty smart thread when you think about it, haters be like "switch is shit because only has Zelda" and when you say this they are like "but switch has more games" xD Nice trap.

 

Yea he trapped me into wasting my time.

What competition does Zelda have?



RolStoppable said:
Teeqoz said:

And that is still a silly thing to do.

He's becoming the thing he is parodying.

Not really. He is able to connect the dots and his motivation differs.

The logic in this thread is just as lacking as in the troll threads he may or may not be parodying, so he doesn't really "connect the dots". Wether his motivation differs from a regular troll creating a bad thread doesn't really matter when the result is the same.



Aeolus451 said:
(1) Not everyone who bought a switch this year, bought it for zelda otherwise the sales for both this year would match. (2) Also, adding in the cost of the console doesn't mean that zelda sold the most copies this year compared to games with higher sales this year. (3) I get that you like zelda but you can't change facts to fluff up the sales of your favored game. I'm sure zelda will sell very well so just let it's own sales numbers speak for itself.

(1) According to VGC-forums Zelda has no competition, so if there are no games outside Zelda you purchase the console for Zelda.

(2) Well, but it did sold the most copies, excluding PC which isn't tracked well here. If we include PC, probably For Honor, Ghost Recon and Biohazard sold more, but VGC has no good numbers for PC. That's why I wrote console game and explained it in the OP.

(3) But I didn't change any facts. Which facts should I have changed? You confuse me. Be more concrete, if you know I got something wrong you should point out the correction instead of being nebulous as you are.



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bonzobanana said:
I think its fair to a degree to accept that Zelda was the main catalyst for many people to buy a Switch. Many who didn't want to pay Switch prices actually bought or rebought a wii u so they could play Zelda BOTW cheaper than buying a Switch. If I didn't have a wii u already I would have been more motivated to buy a Switch. As it is I currently have no reason to buy a Switch until Mario Odyssey as none of the other games have anywhere near the same appeal as Zelda or Mario Odyssey to me. Even when Mario Odyssey comes out I'm not sure there will be much else I want which will make buy a Switch very expensive for one game and I'll probably buy something else knowing me. I really need 3-4 must have exclusive Switch titles to justify buying the console. Which is a shame because I love getting new tech and just enjoy that in itself but I don't want to buy one just for it to sit doing nothing most of the time.

That's exactly true. I was on the fence if I buy Zelda for WiiU or get a Switch. But as it became clear that I wasn't at home the release weekend and I wanted to play Zelda from the beginning I opted to get the mobile console for Zelda.



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