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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Zelda BOTW is the best-selling console game of the year despite a price of > $300

Aeolus451 on 17 July 2017
Mnementh said:
Aeolus451 said:

(1) Wrong. According to vgchartz...

 Global  USA  Europe  Japan 

Global Top Sellers 03rd June 2017

1 PS4 Tekken 7 433,359

2 NS Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 132,617

3 XOne Tekken 7 91,255

4 PS4 Injustice 2 87,969

5 NS The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 85,061

6 PS4 Overwatch 72,937

7 3DS Pokemon Sun/Moon 56,576

8 PS4 Grand Theft Auto V 53,170

9 PS4 Horizon: Zero Dawn 51,997

10 NS Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers 44,160

There's other ns games on that list besides zelda. Again, if people were really buying ns just for zelda, their sales would be match or be really close

 

(2) Horizon and zelda are very close in sales this year according to this site so it's very arguable on which one is selling better. Also as you mentioned pc, we don't really have any numbers from that so it's difficult to be accurate in best selling statements. I still don't see the point in trying to fluff up it's numbers when it's doing well.

(3) Just that firt bit about zelda being the reason people are buying ns is not factual and the foundation of your op is illogical.

(1) If you read again what I wrote please: "According to VGC-forums"

(2) You forget that Zelda is on WiiU too, so it isn't close in comparison to Horizon. As I explained in the OP. And yes, I excluded PC, sorry, the data is too bad to include it. But I don't fluff any numbers, I stated all this in the OP.

(3) Well, say that to a lot of VGC-forum-posters. Because I only took the common opinion in VGC-forums, that no games are on Switch besides Zelda. So if you think that is untrue (seemingly as you post as answer to 1), you should go and change the VGC-forum-mainstream-opinion.

Don't use vgc forums as a shield to protect you from having to explain your opinion. You're saying that everyone that buys a ns is buying it for zelda. You're saying there's no other games on the ns. Those are not facts. 



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Ostro on 17 July 2017

As soon as customers buy other games the price is just 70 for all purchases, future and past.
It's not like 100% of Switch owners only got it because of Zelda. They are looking forward to other games already and paid 1/6 of the console's price just for Zelda at max.



Mnementh on 17 July 2017
Aeolus451 said:
Mnementh said:

(1) If you read again what I wrote please: "According to VGC-forums"

(2) You forget that Zelda is on WiiU too, so it isn't close in comparison to Horizon. As I explained in the OP. And yes, I excluded PC, sorry, the data is too bad to include it. But I don't fluff any numbers, I stated all this in the OP.

(3) Well, say that to a lot of VGC-forum-posters. Because I only took the common opinion in VGC-forums, that no games are on Switch besides Zelda. So if you think that is untrue (seemingly as you post as answer to 1), you should go and change the VGC-forum-mainstream-opinion.

Don't use vgc forums as a shield to protect you from having to explain your opinion. You're saying that everyone that buys a ns is buying it for zelda. You're saying there's no other games on the ns. Those are not facts. 

Actually I say: if Zelda is the only important game as forum-mainstream claims the Switch is bought for Zelda. If the Switch is bought for other things these are games, because quite frankly the Switch can do nothing except play games. For instance, some claimed the PS2 was bought for being a DVD-player. Maybe or maybe not, but it cannot be denied that the PS2 could be used that way. But the Switch can't be used for anything than for games. And that is actually a fact.



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Aeolus451 on 17 July 2017
Mnementh said:
Aeolus451 said:

Don't use vgc forums as a shield to protect you from having to explain your opinion. You're saying that everyone that buys a ns is buying it for zelda. You're saying there's no other games on the ns. Those are not facts. 

Actually I say: if Zelda is the only important game as forum-mainstream claims the Switch is bought for Zelda. If the Switch is bought for other things these are games, because quite frankly the Switch can do nothing except play games. For instance, some claimed the PS2 was bought for being a DVD-player. Maybe or maybe not, but it cannot be denied that the PS2 could be used that way. But the Switch can't be used for anything than for games. And that is actually a fact.

You mentioned not one thing about a forum in your op to back up what you said. You presented your claims as facts later on saying it was based on popular opinion on this forum even though ninty fans on this forum saying that your claim is untrue. *shrugs



Dgc1808 on 17 July 2017

That was kinda funny but in a sad way.



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Slarvax on 17 July 2017

You guys are acting like BotW didn't have a +100% attach rate during the first month.



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