Zelda beats Horizon Zero Dawn to No.1 in Japan

[KLAMarine]

Kyuu said:

KLAMarine said:

There are plenty of caveats to go around for both titles:

BotW on Switch has a very high attach rate but the Switch only just recently launched and BotW is the game to play on it out of the gate. BotW runs best in handheld so some may also be holding off on a BotW purchase until they can get their hands on a somewhat-scarce Switch or until the library for the Switch builds up.

Horizon did amazing numbers considering it's a new IP but it launched on a platform 50+ million strong with plenty of Sony marketing behind it.

Guerrilla Games's games also have the distinction of getting compared to established franchises. Happened with Killzone being compared to Halo and now Horizon being compared to Zelda. A heavy burden for GG and its respective new IP but at the same time, it's good publicity.

Honestly, I dislike it when the two titles are compared seeing how there are many key differences with respect to marketability and such but people gotta have something to talk about I suppose.

Yeah it used to kind of annoy me how "passionate fans" oversimplify things to prove a point while ignoring all context, but now it's mostly fun and giggles to be honest.

Speaking of fun and giggles, I sorta made this thread tongue-in-cheek. No one has noticed yet though, apparently...

 

I'm either really good at hiding it or I'm terrible at parody...