UPDATE 02/16 - VGC's TPHD preorders now exceed the Wii version's first week sales
I predict TPHD is on it's way to 1 million WW first full week at retail.
Right or wrong, VGC has pretty massive USA preorder numbers for TPHD. And even if we assume the preorders are pretty overtracked at this point yet, it's no secret that TPHD has been tracking really really well since first unveiled and in spite of a underwhelming reveal, very little gameplay footage, and other details.
The obvious reason: Zelda is one of Ninty's biggest franchises, and the WiiU install base is big enough to muster pretty large number of preorders for the right reason.
The slightly-less-obvious reason: Wolf link amiibo makes the package a tremendous value to Nintendo fans. Since Link is commonly the #1 best selling amiibo, that beckons a pretty bright future for TPHD for this specific bundle.
The that-should-be-obvious-but-isnt reason: Twilight Princess is already the best selling 3D Zelda, and for a long while was the primary Zelda game on Nintendo's best selling console. Naturally, it should have the biggest fanbase of any Zelda game because so many people played it before. TPHD has a signifcantly larger net to cast than WWHD did for returning fans.
The latest Nintendo Minute gave us our first real look at the HD gameplay - and I say it looks nice, better than I figured based on the first reveal. Not incredible, but very nice. And as Nintendo does more gameplay footage and continues to market the game - the more I think others get drawn in.
1 million first full week - who's with me on this?
I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016
