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fatslob-:O on 08 October 2013
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zorg1000 said:
fatslob-:O said:
zorg1000 said:
This is directed towards Fatslob, u claim the Zelda series is declining but that is simply not true. U base this off of Skyward Sword selling much less than Twilight Princess but if u look at the history of the series, the second mainline release on a perticular console always sells much less than the first.

NES
Zelda-6.51m
Zelda 2-4.38m
Zelda 2 sold 56% of Zelda 1

N64
Ocarina-7.60m
Majora-3.36m
Majora sold 47% of Ocarina

Wii
Twilight Princess-6.83m
Skyward Sword-3.69m
SS sold 54% of TP

So Skyward Sword hasnt shown that the series Is declining as the second release on a console sells roughly half of the first. Also u laugh at the people who think Wind Waker HD can sell over 700k, lets look at the sales of remakes compared to original releases.


Ocarina of Time-7.60m
Remake-3.14m
The remake sold 41% of the original

Link to the Past-4.61m
Remake-2.70m
The remake sold 58% of the original

Links Awakening-3.83m
Remake-2.22m
The remake sold 58% of the original

Zelda remakes typically sell 40-60% of the original, if Wind Waker to follow this pattern then it should sell 1.84-2.76m. In purely retail figures no it will not likely reach those numbers but with digital and bundled sales then it has a chance.

Once again we`ll see who`s right. Just because the remakes sold good doesn`t mean that this one will do well since it`s on a really bad platform. 

Do u admit now that the series as a whole isnt declining tho?

And ur right it certainly isnt proof that WWHD will sell that well but it also shows there are legitimate reasons why people think it will sell over 700k.

Considering the fact that wind waker did much less than ocarina of time on the N64 while also having less attach ratio shows that the decline is pretty marginal so this only proves that nintendo needs to make less toon zeldas and zeldas that have less puzzles too in order to expand. Nintendo needs to muster up some courage to make money or else they'll keep getting squashed in this economy and that means making what the audience wants not what the developers want.