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curl-6 on 15 December 2015
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zorg1000 said:
curl-6 said:

A difference of 600,000 units is not a tie, and that's a very optimistic prediction for TPHD.

Ups and downs yes, but the current downward trend has been going for a decade on both console and handheld entries. Together with the steep decline in Nintendo's hardware base, thus limiting the user base Zelda U is available to, I see little reason to believe Zelda U will have sales anywhere near Ocarina or TP.

I don't see how it's a trend

Legend of Zelda-6.5m, Adventure of Link-4.4m, Link to the Past-4.6m, Ocarina of Time-7.6m, Majora's Mask-3.4m, Wind Waker-4.6m, Twilight Princess-7.2m, Skyward Sword-4.0m. Down, up, up, down, up, up, down. Based on that trend Zelda 2016 will sell higher than Skyward Sword and the following one will sell higher than Zelda 2016.

Links Awakening-3.8m, Oracle of Ages/Seasons-3.8, Minish Cap-1.4m, Phantom Hourglass-5.1m, Spirit Tracks-3.3m, Link Between Worlds-2.7m. Tie, down, up, down, down (perhaps tie when done).

Basically the typical console Zelda sells 4+ million while the typical handheld Zelda sells 3+ million, with a few exceptions each.

Both charts end on a down, (a very protracted down) and the diminishing of Nintendo's hardware base further restricts the amount of gamers Zelda U will be available to.