Shatts said:
True if we only compare Skyrim to BotW/TotK and the copies sold. But did you consider the price difference? You can get Skyrim for much cheaper than Botw and Totk. If we also look at the franchise as a whole, Zelda has about 140 million copies sold, Elder Scrolls about 90 million being optimistic. I agree Zelda wasn't mainstream until BotW, but I think you're underestimating the numbers a little bit. It had multiple entries that passed the 5 million mark. Yeah Assassin's Creed and the Sims have respectful numbers, but I wouldn't consider them Top 10. I might as well put the Mii series if I were to put them on the list. |
True. Of course, Switch cartridges are also more expensive to manufacture than Blu-Rays by an unknown but significant amount (given multiplatform game prices and NAND shortages that lasted all the way to 2022).
Anyway, since Zenimax was privately owned there's no way to estimate how much ES was making. The Zenimax purchase is widely believed to have been a steal, but we can't speculate much beyond that.
Also, I see your Mii series and raise a Candy Crush to meet it:
