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richardhutnik on 21 December 2011
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enrageorange said:
mike_intellivision said:
Well, we shall see.

In its first 10 weeks after launch (aligned), Twilight Princess sold just under 2m copies on the Wii. It eventually sold 6m copies.
So far, in no more than 5 weeks in any region, Skyward Sword has sold just under 2m copies on the Wii.

So while Skyrim may be doing quite well, but it does not appear to be doing so at the expense of Zelda.

Mike from Morgantown

to be fair the sales of a launch game are not comparable to those of a game out on a matured console. There is no way skyward sword will be able to hold up as well as twilight princess did for so long, so to match its sales it would need to catch up very quickly as in by the next holidays.

A good example is resistance and resistance 2. Resistance 2's first 10 weeks of sale were significantly higher then resistance 1, and it didn't even get close to matching the original's sales.

I am looking beyond just the sales numbers, but how much the game is discussed and has a buzz in regards to relevance.  I am not seeing that much excitement over Skyward Sword being released as I am over Skyrim.  Maybe I am missing something.

Zelda is a benchmark franchise remembered by a lot of people.  But, it doesn't seem to be as much of interest as Skyrim appears to be.  If I am wrong, feel free to show otherwise.