Well deserved. Hope it continues to do well. I can honestly say that it has become one of my favourite games of all time. I haven't had so much fun and put so many hours in a single game in a few short weeks...
It is so addicting, and so good.

It makes me want to try out other Warriors games, does anybody know if there are any others on Wii U?

So, using the Dynasty Warriors name, gameplay, development team, and publisher does not count as "dynasty warriors everything"?

If PSASBR was call PlayStation Smash Bros and was made by Sakurai and published by Nintendo (lol) it would indeed by part of the Smash Bros franchise.

Regardless, PSASBR and Smash Bros are both part of the same genre and PSASBR was absolutely compared to Smash sales, mainly to the first installment of the series, despite them not being the same franchise. Because being in the same genre makes two games more comparable than using the same IP, and having the same developer makes them much more comparable (Paper Mario vs Fire Emblem would be a much more informative comparison than Paper Mario vs NSMB).

Eh, at that point it's a matter of semantics. As long as you see why the sales comparison is justified, the technical status of the IP is moot.

Hyrule Warriors is a crossover, to me it is a spin-off of both Dynasty Warriors and Zelda. But its gameplay is clearly styled after Warriors games (as a genre), so that is the appropriate comparison.

Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper Edition

Oh no, it's on a Nintendo system, it can't be a good game. </sarcasm>

Ok guys, I think I got it. Mario Kart 8 is no longer Mario Kart 8, now it's F-Zero U. Since the new DLC will give it carts from F-Zero, and it has a track from F-Zero, and most likely music from F-Zero.

Ok, that's a bit too much, since it still uses Mario characters... OH! I Got it! MH4G is no longer monster hunter, since it has skins from Mario, Zelda, Sonic, and FF!

Hard to find a positive thread that doesn't get negative attention these days... Sort of... It's clearly a musou/warriors game. It's named that, plays like that for a reason. 

Good to see it doing well. Could pass another game in the us this holiday. 

I don't think it will top 600k in the US,

Personally I'd think a comparison with the other Musou spin-offs is more interesting, but tbone's comparison is still a thousand times more valid than a comparison with main-line Zelda games for obvious reasons.

Simply put, Link may be on the cover, but people still know it's not a regular Zelda (or Warriors) game. Even the so-called 'casual fans', just by looking at the name. You think they also thought Link's Crossbow Training was a mainline Zelda game?