Will Zelda: TOTK Make History For The Switch This Year?

[Jumpin]

super_etecoon said:

Jumpin said:

I’m unsure.

On one hand, Breath of the Wild had one of the biggest hype campaigns in history, and strongly made a case that it had an amazing experience, and delivered. Tears of the Kingdom totally lacks this.

On the other hand, it’s the sequel to Breath of the Wild. San Andreas kind of released without the massive hype campaigns of GTA3 or Vice City, but it totally crushed it! I think Tears of the Kingdom could be that.

Another factor is that Tears of the Kingdom might actually be a better game than Breath of the Wild. It takes one of the most loved and YouTube virally popular elements from BotW, the sandbox features were, and developed a crafting system to make it official. This could take the game to levels even beyond Breath of the Wild. The game will almost certainly burn up a lot faster in sales than Breath of the Wild given that the Switch has a much larger userbase, but sales will burn out after 30-45 million in 1 or 2 years rather than fade away after 6 or 7 years…

That’s my gut take.

I honestly can't tell if this is a joke post.  The hype levels for TotK are insane.  Certainly it doesn't have the benefit of being paired with a launch of a new console, but in a lot of ways that is a feather in TotK's cap, not the other way around.  Also, you list a 30-45 million window in two years, which is insane considering that Breath of the Wild has barely hit 30 million 6 years later.  If this is a joke post, it's very funny.  If it's not, then I'm not sure of how unsure you are that this game will burn quick, bright and likely bury 20 million units by year's end.

And I can’t tell if you’re trolling or if you just struggle with reading comprehension. If the latter, I‘d ask that you read more carefully this time.

First, I’m referring to Nintendo’s hype campaign, not the amount of hype you feel the game has.

Second, Breath of the Wild took longer to sell is because not everyone who purchased it had a Switch in 2017 and 2018. In the first two years, around 34 million Switches sold. As of 2023, over 120 million have sold. Unlike Breath of the Wild, which had staggered sales due to limited console availability in earlier years, Tears of the Kingdom could sell much more quickly because of a substantially larger customer base up front. If Tears of the Kingdom proves to be a better received and more popular game than Breath of the Wild, it stands to reason that it will sell more units, much like how San Andreas sold nearly as many units as GTA3 and Vice City combined on PS2.

I hope this clarification makes things easier to understand for you.