Wyrdness on 15 June 2020
| Mandalore76 said: I chose 25-27.4m in the poll. As for the bonus question, I think that with the direct sequel name "Breath of the Wild 2" and from what we saw in the teaser trailer, they will stay the course of the current foundation. I would note though that regardless of which direction they went in with Majora's Mask and Skyward Sword, both games shared a similar sales fate. Majora's Mask was released 4 years into the lifespan of the N64 and sold less than half of what Ocarina of Time had sold just 2 years earlier. Skyward Sword released 5 years into the lifespan of the Wii. And, the Wii was on a downward sales trend at that point. So, while Skyward Sword released on a more successful platform, it still sold little more than Majora's Mask having released even later in it's own platform's lifespan and even further removed from the previous Zelda release. The sooner that Breath of the Wild 2 releases, the better it will fare in sales. If it releases by holiday 2021, while Switch sales should still be high, it should have no problem bucking the trend of 2nd Zelda on same platform sales. |
The are some factors you've missed as both MM and SS required an add on to be played in the N64 expansion pak for the former and WMP for the latter, BOTW's template is also very different in its appeal to prior games as the aspect of doing what ever you want and not be punished or hindered by the game gives it appeal to people who were non Zelda fans this is similar to what happened with the appeal in GTA as GTA3 opened up a new path way which changed how the game performs commercially.
