The Official Legend of Zelda Thread: Echoes of Wisdom Sells 2.58 Million Units

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HoloDust said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

According to Nintendo's most recent quarterly numbers, BotW has moved 31.85 million units on Switch, and Tears of the Kingdom has moved 20.61 million units.

From my POV, this is a good thing - 35% less sales on much larger user base just might signal them that they didn't fix BotW problems with TotK design choices.
So who knows, they might actually make the next one be much closer representation of design concepts of original LoZ, while keeping good things from BotW/TotK.

Or it means that Breath of the Wild was the primary game and pretty much the only major seller for a solid year, turned out to be one of the most beloved games of all time, and has been out for 7 years now vs 6 months for TOTK. 

There are tonnes of factors to consider, not just hard numbers and install base. 

Unless by some miracle Tears of the Kingdom had no chance of besting Breath of the Wild given one came out at the system's launch and the other in the twilight years. Best case scenario it'd be equal sales in the end. Time is a major factor, ESPECIALLY on Nintendo consoles.