guiduc said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
That's not true AT ALL, lol. I don't know why *every freakin time* people talk about Nintendo, they try to make it sound like their IPs don't sell well unless it's Mario. It's like this weird notion where people try to bring up statistics to be "objective" but don't understand them. I think people just see sales of Smash Bros, Mario Kart and Animal Crossing and just make judgements based on that. But really Zelda is pretty damn successful, I mean Twilight Princess was a sales juggernaught, sold as well as Ocarina, and the average sales for Zelda games are 4.5 - 7 million. That's a LOT. It puts Zelda at worst just barely behind stuff like Uncharted, Gears of War and God of War, and at best just above them(if we're talking past gen titles). Breath of the Wild will just be the first Zelda game to get past 7 mill (beyond remasters). Could even beat Uncharted 4 possibly.
The real reason Horizon is keeping up with BOTW has to do with Switch units on the market vs Playstation 4 units on the market, not "Zelda games not being a commercial juggernaught".
Either way, as long as both are successful everyone will be happy.
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You should read my other post. I've aknowledged that over 3 millions is exceptional, but put it alongside MANY other Nintendo franchises, Zelda is definitely not a sales juggernaut. I didn't say that if it's not Mario, it doesn't sell well, you put out of shape my sayings. Never claimed Zelda is not successful. Zelda next to Horizon: successful. Zelda next to Animal Crossing: not so successful. But I'm glad BotW can break that. We need Zelda to break that.
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Well sorry for the misunderstanding. I kind of knew what you were takling about, I just think we've gotten to a point where comparing Nintendo sales to other Nintendo sales is kind of retractive. Any other company would love 3+ million, I don't know why Zelda (and my bae Metroid) have to be knocked down for it. But I'll admit I misunderstood a bit, my bad. I think BOTW will easily do 9 million, hopefully it can get to 11. I agree with you that i'd like to see Zelda become on the same level as 3D Mario or Animal Crossing.
Hell, this might even be the first Zelda to pass 1 million in Japan since Ocarina of Time(something that no one is noticing! amazing accomplishment)
