BOLD Prediction: Zelda BotW will do a Whopping 10mil Lifetime! Update 10mil Achieved

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VideoGameAccountant said:

Faelco said:

Zelda never achieved 10M sales, even on the 100M Wii userbase. I don't think it will achieve that on the Switch either. The attach rate will be big, no doubt about that, and it will sell really well, but I don't think 10M people are interested enough in it to buy it.

Zelda never broke that because the games were made by Aonuma, the biggest fuck up in the gaming industry. Sales of the series have been depressed under him and I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo told him to sit in the corner and not to touch anything.

To answer the question, the answer is yes. I wrote about this on my site and you can check it out there (won't post it here to avoid self-promotion). To summarize, the reason the game is doing so well is because it hits on what makes Zelda tick 1)Celtic fantasy 2)Difficult 3)Open World. It hits all three of those. The result is a huge success.  

Woaah. I kinda agree with you, but no need to be so harsh.

I think Zelda never sold 10 million units because there was always something overshadowing it. People didn't buy the Wii or N64 for Zelda, they bought it for Wii Sports or Mario 64. BotW launched with no competition, and the overwhlemingly positive word of mouth and reception will guarantee to be a long seller, but more specifically a system seller. And like I've said before, DLC/continous support will help it sell throughout the year, and who knows, maybe longer.