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Sephiran on 07 November 2024
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GymratAmarillo said:
Sephiran said:

Given that Astro Bot sold nothing in Japan compared to Echoes which sold 500,000 in Japan during the first five days and seems to sell less than Echoes of Wisdom in the west as well, that means that if Echoes of Wisdom sold 2,5 million copies in its first 5 days, Astro Bot likely sold around 1 million or so in the same time at most.

It's already confirmed that in the US and Europe Astro sold more than Zelda till the first half of October. If people are going to discuss about sales for the next year then yeah Zelda has a big chance to sell more because of the Switch 2, Holidays and many other factors starting for the playerbase.

Btw, Japan is no indication of anything sales related outside Nintendo lol. Helldivers 2 sold like 3k copies over there on release week and in its first 3 days it sold 1 million in the rest of the world mostly on ps5, the pc explosion started on week 2.

No its not confirmed that Astro Bot sold more than Echoes of Wisdom in the west. All we know is that digital and physical sales over a longer period of time were higher for Astro Bot than just physical sales for Echoes of Wisdom. In all likelihood Echoes of Wisdom sold more in the west as well, and we will get that confirmation at a later date anyway.

Sony first party games don't outsell Nintendo first party games in general, so it would be impossible for Astro Bot, a small Sony IP to outsell a bigger Nintendo IP like Zelda, it hasn't happened in the entire Switch generation. The reason is simple; Playstation is a Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed and FIFA machine, while people buy Nintendo consoles to play Nintendo games.