Why do people continually call Skyward Sword the worst selling 3D Zelda game?

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IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

Majora's Mask sold 3.36 million copies while Skyward Sword sold 3.96 million.

Nintendo 64 sold 32.93 million units while Wii has sold over 101 million.


Although Skyward Sword technically sold more you have to put things into perspective.

But install base is only a part of a much, much bigger picture with regards to the Wii's twilight years.  Wii U announced, terrible droughts, a shot reputation with most gamers, no real promotion since around 2009, very, very little promotion for the game (which STILL boggles my mind), and on and on.  The Wii was in terrible shape in terms of perception and promotion by late 2011.  So yeah, gotta put things in perspective :P.