You should have put this image, so everyone is happy.

I think you're underestimating Nintendo fans, to be honest, and also underestimating the effect of making one game the center of your presentation.

Let's take these forums as an example.  Last night, I remember counting 10 "Zelda" threads on my Hot Topics list.  The same group of people were going into different threads to talk about cooking in Zelda, as opposed to the voices in Zelda.  One group of people with their full and undivided attention on Zelda.  

On the other hand, we has several Zero Dawn threads but there was also a God of War thread, a Kojima thread, a Biohazard thread, and many others for PS4 and Xbox One.  Everyone was picking their favorite game and spending most of their time talking about it.  What happens, though, when there is really only one game to talk about?  Yeah, everyone talks about that one game.  I don't think that's a radical conclusion.

Am I saying that Zelda doesn't deserve to be the number one most talked about game?  No, I'm not, but I do think people are trying to make way too much of this survey.  Nintendo fans are pretty much only talking about Zelda and they're talking about it a LOT.  That's going to be a significant factor.  

Reminds me of when big deals were made about Wii U trending worldwide.  People make too much of social media.

Don't be silly.... take me for instance. I,m a sony fan, but my plate is so full i havent bothered look up wyute a few games. Havent talked about them or even watched videos of them on youtube. 

Its common sense, playstation and Xbox has way more content vying for the attention of gamers. Nintendo fans and anyone interested or at the very least curious to hear what ALL nintendo fans are talking about will seek out Zelda.

Then again, as they say common sense isn't common. 

Then again, this forums has a big Nintendo fanbase.And in those same Zelda threads you mentioned, alot of people from other fanbases joined the discussion.

But I will give you that it could mean either way.I mean, I still believe in what I said, and alot of things back up what I said.This data, the ridiculous line at E3 for Zelda, the number of views for the Zelda trailer at Nintendo youtube and so on.But its just that the people that are saying that this dont mean much are trying a bit too hard to downplay without the best of intentions in my opinion.

And yeah, this dosent mean that the game will sell everything the fans are making it to be, but its a good start.I mean, this keeps the possibility of that.If it didnt have the attention, it would have no chance at all.

I agree with you, it certainly is a good thing.  Even if most of the people mentioning Zelda are Nintendo fans who would buy the game regardless, all their family and friends now know about it.  It's good free advertising, even if it isn't very focused.

As far as too much being made of it, though, I mean ... look at the second game.  Doesn't anyone really think Battlefield 1 is really the second most anticipated game?  Or that EA would have "won E3" if Zelda hadn't been announced?  No, I don't think so.  That's a clear indication that the +/- here is substantial.

Or the Zelda lines you're talking about, would they have been as long if Nintendo had a big Mario IP demo avaliable?

I know people are very excited, and with good reason, but it kind of feels like some fans are setting Breath of the Wild up to be the next GTA5.

Exactly.Both sides are blowing things bit out of  proportions the facts in this thread.But hey, I will admit its quite entertaining to see the extreme reactions here.