Pachter: Zelda will move 10m NX consoles "pretty quickly"

[Nuvendil]

DonFerrari said:

Nuvendil said:

Well keep in mind the number of consoles moved at launch is not proportionately identical to the number of copies sold by any one launch title.  People buying at launch are investing, not buying on the merrits of the console as it stands cause let's just face it, consoles at launch are always lacking in a quantity of quality titles to play on them.  What a really strong launch and first year lineup  of exclusives does - like the Wii and Playstation 2 had - is instill confidence to invest.  It's a different period from any other in a console's lifespan.

If someone is buying because of the potential they wouldn't be buying for the crossgen game.

Is it that hard to grasp the idea that heavy-hitter titles being there at launch helps provide assurance for what's ahead?  And a game being crossgen doesn't necessarily have much impact when 1) the console it is crossgen with is a spectacular sales failure with less than 15 millions sold, 2) the title is launched simultaneously on both, and 3) the title is of sifnicant quality or singicance.  Twilight Princess was a major factor in Wii hype despite being announced for and coming to the GameCube.  And as I already said, Zelda alone won't do it but Zelda is as strong a flagship for a launch as any.