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darthdevidem01 on 12 October 2010
Khuutra said:
darthdevidem01 said:

Thats interesting.

Why would it be selling better this year when Wii hardware is lower.

Anyway We need to also see that there may have been people who got it for the gamecube and Wii, so there might be a overlap there.

That's true, but i don't imagine that the overlap is statistically significant - and even if it were, a sale is still a sale.

Oh ok then!



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MrT-Tar on 12 October 2010

If anything, SS will likely cause a boost in TP sales as Zelda fever sweeps the gaming world




Soma on 12 October 2010

Would it be correct to include the sales on Virtual Console or the 3DS game of Ocarina of Time?



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Khuutra on 12 October 2010
Soma said:

Would it be correct to include the sales on Virtual Console or the 3DS game of Ocarina of Time?

Mmmm, interesting question. I want to be pissy and say I'm only including original release sales, because that's the interesting part.

3DS couldn't count in any case, since its content is different.



Soma on 12 October 2010
Khuutra said:
Soma said:

Would it be correct to include the sales on Virtual Console or the 3DS game of Ocarina of Time?

Mmmm, interesting question. I want to be pissy and say I'm only including original release sales, because that's the interesting part.

3DS couldn't count in any case, since its content is different.

 

Yeah, anyway most of the sales of Ocarina on VC are likely from N64 players who wanted to play it again. Just shows how popular that game is still today. I wonder if TP would sell that well in VC format.



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Lord_Yggdrassil on 12 October 2010

OoT will always be the best selling Zelda, the series has gone a bit hardcore lately and lets be honest, Zelda doesn't sell as well as mario because it's not kid and casual friendly. OoT 3DS will probbaly sell more than Skyward sword. No joke.



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Khuutra on 12 October 2010
Lord_Yggdrassil said:

OoT will always be the best selling Zelda, the series has gone a bit hardcore lately and lets be honest, Zelda doesn't sell as well as mario because it's not kid and casual friendly. OoT 3DS will probbaly sell more than Skyward sword. No joke.

I don't think this is exactly a cogent argument, since Twilight Princess is roaring towards OoT's sales numbers. If there's ever a Player's Choice lineup, it's almost guaranteed to surpass Ocarina.



Khuutra on 18 October 2010

Just taking note that Twilght Princess sold about 6.5k in the past week.

I'm tempted to adapt the OP into a way to keep track of the two games' comparative sales...



Asriel on 18 October 2010

Unless Skyward Sword somehow completely cuts the legs from under TP, I'd say it's only a matter of time before TP overtakes Ocarina. It should happen before the end of next year without a player's choice range, but if Nintendo introduce a player's choice range TP would naturally be one of the first titles in it, and would take less time to overtake Ocarina. 

It'll be interesting to see how Skyward Sword does in comparison to these games, too. I want Zelda to reach as wide an audience as possible, but Skyward Sword is a fairly unknown beast at this point.



Linkasf on 18 October 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
Khuutra said:
darthdevidem01 said:

Oh I wish Wind Waker was the one to outsell OOT....it truly deserved it.

Anyway It depends on this holiday....how high can it really rise and on Skyward Sword's release date...because that will cut TP's weekly sales (but may lead to an initial slight rise as the Zelda hype gets into the air)

Just for you, darth, I looked up the numbers that Twilight Princess pulled last year from the week ending October 10 through the end of the year, which was the first week ending in January.

Total sales numbers: 106,824

If Twilight Princess pulled the same numbers this year, it would be within a quarter of a million of outselling Ocarina of Time, which would put it on schedule to beat it sometime in 2011, unless Skyward Sword cuts its legs out altogether.

But, and this is important to note: Twilight Princess is actually selling much better this year than it did last year.

Last year, on the week ending October 3rd, Twilight Princess sold 2473 copies.

This last week, ending October 2nd, it sold 5954 (I think). In 2009 it didn't reach these numbers until midway through November, just before the big THanksgiving week blowout.

We won't have a good indicator of how well it will do unti lthe holiday season is over and adjustments have been made, but right now it looks like it could sell considerably more than last year. I'm not sure why: it's possible that the Skyward Sword reveal has people excited for Zelda.

Thats interesting.

Why would it be selling better this year when Wii hardware is lower.

Anyway We need to also see that there may have been people who got it for the gamecube and Wii, so there might be a overlap there.

I think it's because people that already have a wii are actually looking for a good game to play since this year is lacking in multiple quality titles.