Astro-Bot or Zelda EoW? Clash of the 2024 September Titans

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IcaroRibeiro said:

For critical reception the writings were on the wall for everyone who have actually played an Astrobot game before, which I believe few people here who voted have since Rescue Mission was a VR title and Playroom was only a demo, they were a mostly niche but really high quality games

Echoes of Window being mostly experimental spin off developed by a second party studio surely make it riskier, since they were likely experimenting gameplay mechanics that might not be as refined and well tested as standard 2D Zelda mechanics


Sales though still a very question mark. I voted for Astrobot, thinking positive WOM could help its sales in Q4, but Zelda is so far the only Nintendo game this Q4 so it will also likely to get heavy sales during Christmas

I think sales is tough, both games will do 5m+ but Zelda could potentially do like 3m in its launch week alone. 

I think Zelda will be relatively front loaded outside of Japan whereas Astro will be the opposite, we'll have to wait til the end of the year to know for sure. Astro returning to No.1 in UK retail in its 3rd week despite being a digitally driven release bodes well for its legs in Europe/US.