[Updated] [Super Bold Prediction] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Will Sell 20m Lifetime

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the_dark_lewd said:
No way in hell. Most Zelda fans are the hardcore Nintendo people who've already bought the console. So sales figures won't scale with future console sales in the same way.
I think it'll be a maximum of 15 million. Still incredible.

15m maximum? It shipped 2.6m this year so far (6 months). Would you like to take a bet that it will officially hit 15m by March 31st?

HylianSwordsman said:
Wow, that's wild, it's actually ahead of schedule for his prediction when you include digital. This might actually happen, and is clearly already close. By the end of this year, physical plus digital for both Switch and Wii U versions will almost certainly be 70% of the way there. This means 15 million is almost a certainty, unheard of for a Zelda game's launch versions. Hell, I'd be willing to bet every version of Ocarina combined, 64, 3D, Master Quest, Collector's edition, and all the virtual consoles, would only barely make 20 million, and here Breath of the Wild is on track to pull 15 million from just one launch version, maybe even 18 million. That's mainline Pokemon numbers.

Another interesting thought is that if Zelda is looking like 20 million is possible, then for Mario, 20 million is a certainty, on par with Super Mario World. That's the first time a 3D Mario has pulled 2D Mario numbers.

It really is interesting. Btw, a proper fresh 2D Mario on Switch would probably match/surpass the NSMBWii level of sales.