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NoCtiS_NoX on 15 April 2017
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BuckStud said:

Not only that, but HZD had an attach rate of about 3.3% on PS4...TLoZBotW had an attach rate of 100% or more on Switch.  Seems weird but a lot of Limited Edition set were sold besides.

It's ultimately not too fair to compare first weeks sales of a big game on a system that has an installed base of 56 million vs. one that essentially had a base of a little over 1 million...I wouldn't add Wii U sales in as a lot of people were holding off to get the Switch only to find it sold out pretty much everywhere.  Even if you did factor in Wii U, it's still a total attach rate of 9.8%....TLoZBotW for the win!

Attach rate is irrelevant here. If you expect HZD to sell 100% then HZD need to sell 55 Million.   BoTW is a launch title for Switch obviously it will have a great attach rate. 

BoTW was not limited by Switch's supply issue that's why you see Zelda outselling the console itself and you cannot just ignore WiiU BoTW because it exist it managed to sell 460K half of the Switch sales in just one month in the USA so its clear that it was not hampered by supply issue on switch. It gained an advantage because of it. WiiU BoTW also manage to sell significant numbers in Japan. 95k for wiiu according to media create.

About the unfair stuff people keeps using as an excuse. Zelda is a big IP from Nintendo. A beloved franchise by many fans. It is being compared to a new IP (unproven ip) from a developer that according to some people here that can only create Good games but not great. A lot of people here even predict that it won't sell more than 3 million LTD. It almost beat that in just 2 weeks selling 2.6 million copies. 

As of this moment HZD is outpacing it and still winning with one month sale.  Zelda has a big chance of winning by lifetime sales.