| Maddadam said: One question: And the numbers. Zelda is a 20 years franchise, and the only game for Switch. The only RELEVANT game. If you are not interested in Zelda, yo won't buy Switch. Horizon is a new IP for a console where you can choose from hundreds of multiplatform AAA titles and brands. It is a very competitive brand. I was sure that Zelda will outsell Horizon due to these facts. So, it's interesting, and disappointing from a Zelda game or outstanding from a new IP. |
Yes, you can buy Zelda digitally, too.
I wonder why we keep focusing on first week sales as if that's all that mattered? Zelda is going to outsell Horizon comfortably in the long run because Zelda is a franchise that keeps selling for a long time. First week sales aren't everything.
As for the bolded part: That's some twisted thinking. Nintendo said they'd ship 2 million Switch units first month so that's all Zelda can sell on the Switch (and who is going to buy it for the Wii U, which is a dead console?). People are not going to buy two copies of the game. Horizon wasn't hindered by its large install base or the "competition from other games" (that never stopped any game from selling in the history of video games and never ever have we heard that argument for any game before on vgchartz - it's just now that people are bringing this up). Only having 1 million or so systems available to sell on first week? That puts an actual ceiling on the sales. Also, the Switch was sold out at launch (and still is apparently) so we have actual proof the number could have been higher if there was more hardware supply.
