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

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HoloDust said:

S.Peelman said:

I don’t get why this is a debate. TotK sold over 20M in ten months in a franchise that had an all-time sales record of under 9M (TP GC plus Wii, remakes and remasters from a decade later don’t count) before BotW, and a franchise known for having a second entry sell much less than a first entry on any given system. It also has a few million left in the tank. That’s ginormous growth. TotK selling sell is proof of nothing, it’s par for the course. I don’t see why anyone would have expected otherwise, neither here nor at Nintendo, this game has performing exactly to my personal expectations at least.

If TotK released within 2-3 years of BotW (like, say, MM) I'd say, sure, mostly same assets and engine, few different mechanics, they sell what they sell - no big deal, it's a mega expansion of sorts anyway. But it took them 6 years to release TotK, as a full-fledged sequel (which is not quite really), on an installed base of 130+ million devices, and still not hit anywhere near BotW numbers. Yeah, something's not right there from my POV.

If your POV says 'something's not right' with 20M sales in less than a year from a series that traditionally sold less than 10M, then have you considered your POV might be wrong? If you dislike the game and want Nintendo to change direction with the next title, that's fine. But to pretend it isn't a success seems very strange.