Kotaku: Switch Has Three Times As Many Games as Wii U Did At This Point - And They're Better

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zorg1000 said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:

Zelda on Wii had to compete with Wii Sports which no game on Switch has to deal with a game of that magnitude

Wii Sports was a pack in title in most regions so i dont see how it was competition to Zelda.

This is a great question but there were a lot of, people that thought buying a Wii alone was enough. Especially later on when the Wii Sports trend really took off. There was no need for Zelda for some people and if Wii Sports did not exist, Zelda would have potentially been that big seller.

I could use anecdotal evidence to back this claim up but I think you can understand how that may be true for people that bought Wii maybe a year or two in (since it was still selling out worldwide a two years into its lifetime, this was a real possibility). Especially when a new Zelda got announced, people may have said, "Wii Sports is enough for right now, I can get the new Zelda when it comes out"

Every game competes with every other game. It would be silly to think they are not in competition. But it is a great question.