Wait, DID Horizon First Week Global Sales Really Outpace BotW's? (PLEASE READ FIRST POST)

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deskpro2k3 said:

abroZ said:

Some people really pull stuff out of their ass. I mean you are on a website dedicated to sales figures. Where you got all the tools and graphs at your disposal to do your own research. Yet people don't like to put in a little effort. So concerning that 'big gap' you were talking about let me do the math for you:

According to this website as of March 11 combined sales for Breath of the wild are:

2,118,000

HZD is at 

2,198,000

Difference:

80,000 units 

Doesn't seem that big of a gap now does it? Seems to me that in a week or two HZD will be trailing behind. 

Keep in mind that combined install base for switch and wiiu is 40 million behind ps4, I say that's mighty impressive. 

 

Did I hurt your feelings or something?

Let me hit you with some Inductive reasoning. Zelda sales is depended upon how many Nintendo Switch consoles is up on the market, and since there is 2.4mil Switch consoles (currently sold out), that means it's fair to say a maximum of 2.4mil Zelda can be bought on that platform at this given moment. Meanwhile there is 13.9 million Wii U, and Zelda only manages 0.64 mil on that. So if you think it'll break the gap then I'd say that's wishful thinking. It all depends on how fast Nintendo can push out Nintendo Switches. Good luck I guess.

First of all, that 2.4 number is an estimation.From Superdata.By that you know hwo reliable that number is.

Second, your reasoning that, since Zelda is mostly tied to Switch hardware sales(and it is), the game wont be able to catch up to Horizon is ridiculous.Given the attach rate the game has in relation to the Switch, assuming that the Switch sells about 10 millions by years end, and Zelda maintains a "modest" attach rate of 5 to 6 millions, thats 5 to 6 millions units sold on Switch alone.

I am forcing a bit with the attach rate, but Im just trying to prove that, given the games attach rate and the current performance of the Switch, saying that its wishful thinking that Zelda cant cover that "big" gap betwenn both titles is laughable and ridiculous.