Can The Legend of Zelda: (U/NX) Sell Close to 10mil Lifetime? (or More)

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spemanig said:

t3mporary_126 said:

But why would 4 million people buy Zelda U when the NX is coming? Mario Kart 8 only did 1.2 million in its first week but you're expecting 4 million a month or two before the NX comes out?

Because 1/3 of all total Wii U owners aren't going to be early adopters to the NX. Most people who own a Wii U and want Zelda aren't going to get NX at launch, and anyone who doesn't isn't going to not buy Zelda U when it's own on the system they own just to wait until they have am NX. Zelda Wii U is not going to stop selling the second the NX comes out.

It's still hard to imagine Zelda U selling 4 millions units in one quarter when Mario Kart 8 took 2 quarters to reach 4.77 while being bundled (you can look at the source on my previous post since I edited it late). If Zelda Wii U is launched before NX, which I doubt because it would take Zelda NX's thunder, I predict it will gain at most 1.5 - 2 million sales even if its groundbreaking.