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

[DonFerrari]

Nuvendil said:

DonFerrari said:

Patcher is claiming Zelda is going to move, so it's based on Zelda, not on the promisse of potential or future.

And I can be wrong, but crossgen SW wasn't at any time or console a incentive to go to the next gen, even more if the next gen isn't head and shoulder ahead.

 

So yes, it's hard to grasp NX outselling the WiiU LTD in one year because of Zelda.

Oh I wasn't referring to Pachter's numbers which are crazy predictions for a system we haven't seen.  I was saying that Zelda is a good centerpiece as centerpieces go and can certainly help the console get off to a very good start, assuming that the surrounding titles for the launch and first year are good.  And I suppose what I am trying to get across is that *at launch* - not at any other period, but *at launch* - the consoles a title moves=/=people buying the system for that game.  It's about generating excitement and confidence in the platform.  More than in any other point in a console's lifecycle, exclusives at launch are tools.  Using them correctly via advertising and bundling, they can have an impact disproportionate to their usual sales.  

Also cross gen titles can move consoles.  Shoot, it happened this gen multiple times and most of those crossgen games came out years later.  The gap just needs to be noticeable and the promotion needs to be focused on the new gen version, not the old gen version.  

Oww in that case I agree =]

Yes, Zelda is a good start for the platform and shows promisse. I was talking about expecting that Zelda alone would move 10M NX... for it to move alone it would have to sell much more than 10M on that platform because at least 10M would have to buy because of it and others would buy as a bonus.

I haven't seem any cross game that became alone the must buy of buying the new platform (and in the case of Zelda we were only show the WiiU version, if NX version isn't a lot better than it will be even less of a factor).