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deskpro2k3 on 18 April 2017
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SpokenTruth said:
deskpro2k3 said:

 

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.

The gap is 80,000 and you think that gap cannot be closed because....Nintendo cannot produce and sell 80,000 more Switch consoles than H:ZD copies sold over the course of the next several years?

Follow my deductive reasoning.  Gap = 80,000.  Zelda max sales = max Switch sales. H:ZD max sales = X.  Switch max sales = Y.
So you are saying that over the next 3-4 years, Y will always be 80,000 or more less than X?

 

 

 

Nautilus said:
 

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.

 

So let me get this straight. Both of you are not considering that there will be more competition later on? I mean, is Zelda going to be the only game Switch is going to have for a year or more? If that's the case then sure yeah, it'll definitely break through the gap.