Faelco said:
For a regular franchise, it is. For a 80M console's flagship, it's not that amazing either. You can read here for fun : http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=184847 Not that much people thought that U4 would sell as much as it's doing, the regular thought was "U4 will have the best review score but will sell less than Halo as usual". Microsoft usually had the most popular first party IPs (Halo, Gears, Forza). Sony is putting a fight for it this gen (Uncharted), but usually has more diverse and niche IPs (TLG, Gravity Rush). Nintendo has great sellers like Mario Kart. Zelda is weaker than the rest. |
I think its safe to say that MS already lost. The only Ms exclusive that sells over 10m is Halo and Halo 5 couldnt even sell 5m physical, and the most succesfull gears of war (2) didnt sell 7m and the most successful Forza didnt sell 6m- for that Uncharted comparison I mean. Because Uncharted is doing and has done better than most MS ip's. If you set the bar at 10m then most of the games you are mentioning yourself dont make the cut.
I do get your point tho, but saying "Zelda doesnt sell a system" is a bit of a strecht IMO. I do think Zelda sells systems, but I dont think any one single franchise - Zelda or not - is gonna sell 30m consoles alone. The library as a whole does that.
