What is Zelda: Breath of the Wild Going to Actually Sell Lifetime? (25mil+ A Possibility?)

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Jumpin said:

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.

There is a percentage of Switch owners who will purchase the game just because they got a Switch, same with Mario Kart 8.

I agree.  There is actually a step above beyond "evergreen" and that is "must have".  When many people buy a Nintendo system, they consider Mario Kart a must have.  It's become an automatic buy for a lot of people.  Breath of the Wild has become that for the Switch.  As in "if you want a good single player game then you must have Zelda: Breath of the Wild".  It's going to keep selling like this unless Nintendo releases another single player game that is somehow better.