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The_Liquid_Laser said:

I have been predicting that BoTW will break records for about as long as I have been on these forums.  And yet, it is selling better than even I expected.  Look at this:


Q3 2017: 0.78m
Q3 2018: 0.96m
Q3 2019: 0.93m

How can it sell more in 2018 and 2019 (Q3), than it sold in 2017 (Q3)?  I have no explanation.  These sales numbers are like defying gravity or something.  All I can say is it will sell 25m+.  It's an unstoppable sales juggernaut.

Much larger install base in 2018, and many of the 2017 Switch owners picked the game up at launch.  The growing number of Switch owners is what keeps the game selling.  It's probably the Switch's signature title.  So, there aren't many people that are buying the game two years after they buy the hardware.   They're buying it with or soon after they get their Switch.