Was it not just that you had to pre-order a Switch game with it? Anyway I mean it's not like someone is going to buy the Switch without buying at least one game, otherwise all your getting is an expensive paperweight.

This coming from the guy who uses the "new ip" spin. The pre orders are killing it by a huge margin (switch vs ps4/3ds/wiiu/vita), if you honestly think that people are forced to buy the games with a new system (one of them being a long waited zelda) then you need to reevaluate your logic.

That rule is only being enforced on COMG and even without it the games loz and 12S will still be as high as they are. Just admit what you really what to say smh

Isn't it sold out everywhere? I don't think people have the luxury of choosing and COMG knows that lol

I'm pretty sure it was either Zelda or 1-2-Switch. There definitely are people who might not buy a game right away if what they want are stuff like Splatoon 2 or Mario Kart 8 (especially if they're getting Zelda on the Wii U). There's no guarantee the Switch will be readily available by the time Splatoon 2 comes out so some will want to get it as soon as they can. Or people who are not interested in Zelda or 1-2-Switch and would rather have some other launch titles like Bomberman or Dragon Quest. And if someone only wanted a single game it will come at the expense of other launch titles (so the ratio for those should be favorable).  Also people who usually buy digital or want to go full digital on the Switch have no choice but to get the retail version. Of course this is all only at COMG but what I'm saying is that it will affect the ratio of some of those games (mostly 1-2-Switch).

Would it not really be a difference due to the amount of games that could be preordered at launch? Zelda was always going to have a rediclous ratio at launch and I doubt there is a significant amount that are preordering a switch for anything else(maybe 1 2 Switch). Who buys a console with no games anyway that makes no logical sense? Unless the people preordering for Bomber man and DQHC are apparent enough. In the end we will see it's less than 4 weeks from launch so... 

The reason it is most likely being forced, is Switch is having high demand and not supply for it. I seen this at Gamestop many times for number of games for various consoles after products have been selling out, dating back to the Wii Days, it typically happens because retailers notice that demand is way to high, and alternative methods are not available.

I wouldn't say this is exactly game bundle akin to Knack or console bundles, but people should be careful about using 1 2 Switch data here, less Legend of Zelda. Given this site is the same site that called Knack game bundle success when it was unnecessary, so do what you fricken want.

The above negative arguments about Switch SW are quite non-issues.

I don't think anyone was ever serious about Knack XD Surely?

A part of me wants to say I wish that was true, but seen this site for this long, I don't believe so, I know for sure Knack 2 will be compared to Knack 1 in Japan by many and some of those will be from this very thread. 

I mean Knack 2 would be lucky to do 50k FW lol

Thats the thing. FW numbers will be a better comparison. But for now the only numbers we are seeing are these in terms of how popular the games are.