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Forums - Gaming - Wait, DID Horizon First Week Global Sales Really Outpace BotW's? (PLEASE READ FIRST POST)

 

Which did you enjoy more?

Breath of the Wild 402 32.74%
 
Horizon: Zero Dawn 377 30.70%
 
I haven't played both yet/Unsure 286 23.29%
 
See Results 163 13.27%
 
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NoCtiS_NoX said:

It's really disappointing the reasoning here. Wii U is dead and manage to sell 400K copies in USA alone. Acting WiiU doesn't exist. Some people here. ( Damage Control )

People acting here that Zelda is in disadvantage and Horizon all has the advantage. The only advantage Horizon has is the install base ( a bit of days ). Also, the new IP syndrome  hold back Horizon. Luckily it has a great Meta and good word of mouth that cause legs even in Japan.

Meta Critic, Love franchise by many, Proven IP, A big First party game and a launch title for Switch those are Zelda's advantage. 

Switch is supply constraint yes but Zelda was also release in WiiU even if Switch is supply constrain it is still available on a bigger install base than Switch acting that WiiU doesn't exist is comical.  Any sane people that cannot find a Switch to play Zelda will look for an alternative to play Zelda and that will be WiiU.

With the numbers now on NPD. Zelda is under tracked and Zelda could have beaten Horizon when you combine all the numbers.

Actually just to be fair saying it could have beaten Horizon if you combined all the numbers doesn't make sense. Because all the numbers were combined and HZD beat Zelda FW(ouside of digital of course) And how is Zelda undertracked when there is only one week of data on the site for Zelda? The numbers actually look pretty spot on for this week for Zelda.



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TheBlackNaruto said:
NoCtiS_NoX said:

It's really disappointing the reasoning here. Wii U is dead and manage to sell 400K copies in USA alone. Acting WiiU doesn't exist. Some people here. ( Damage Control )

People acting here that Zelda is in disadvantage and Horizon all has the advantage. The only advantage Horizon has is the install base ( a bit of days ). Also, the new IP syndrome  hold back Horizon. Luckily it has a great Meta and good word of mouth that cause legs even in Japan.

Meta Critic, Love franchise by many, Proven IP, A big First party game and a launch title for Switch those are Zelda's advantage. 

Switch is supply constraint yes but Zelda was also release in WiiU even if Switch is supply constrain it is still available on a bigger install base than Switch acting that WiiU doesn't exist is comical.  Any sane people that cannot find a Switch to play Zelda will look for an alternative to play Zelda and that will be WiiU.

With the numbers now on NPD. Zelda is under tracked and Zelda could have beaten Horizon when you combine all the numbers.

Actually just to be fair saying it could have beaten Horizon if you combined all the numbers doesn't make sense. Because all the numbers were combined and HZD beat Zelda FW(ouside of digital of course) And how is Zelda understracked when there is only one week of data on the site for Zelda? The numbers actually look pretty spot on for this week for Zelda.

My bad. I forgot that NPD is for the whole month of March and not 1 whole week. LMAO.



NoCtiS_NoX said:
TheBlackNaruto said:

Actually just to be fair saying it could have beaten Horizon if you combined all the numbers doesn't make sense. Because all the numbers were combined and HZD beat Zelda FW(ouside of digital of course) And how is Zelda undertracked when there is only one week of data on the site for Zelda? The numbers actually look pretty spot on for this week for Zelda.

My bad. I forgot that NPD is for the whole month of March and not whole week. LMAO.

LMBO! Man now that is funny! No worries!



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Horizon likely outsold zelda by a margin month 1.....

The game is also being downloaded in heavy amounts, as the 2nd most downloaded game both March and February....

I suspect hzd could surpass 7 million in sales.... it def eclipsed 3 Mili by now!



 

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Hiku said:
Roar_Of_War said:

Of course Zelda is digital as well, so both games would be higher with them.

I want to meet the man who would download a 13.4 GB game onto 25GB of storage space (after formatting and OS instalation), and shake his hand.

I bought Zelda BotW digitally on Wii U.  Close enough? :p



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leo-j said:
Horizon likely outsold zelda by a margin month 1.....

The game is also being downloaded in heavy amounts, as the 2nd most downloaded game both March and February....

I suspect hzd could surpass 7 million in sales.... it def eclipsed 3 Mili by now!

It depends on many factors. HDZ should hit 7mil+. If its a race between it and zelda for lifetime sales then it needs to do much more than 7mil



Hiku said:
SpokenTruth said:

Probably the same kind of people that would buy the game without having bought the console yet (BotW on Switch outsold Switch itself).

I bought Mario Kart 8 without getting a WiiU.
*Shakes my own hand*

Lol. i have buy Zelda on switch even if i am not gonna get this console this years !



Hiku said:
Neodegenerate said:

I bought Zelda BotW digitally on Wii U.  Close enough? :p

*Googles WiiU file size*
13.0 GB =o

*Extends virrtual handshake*

You sir are a  gentleman and a scholar.

Why thank you.  I also have MK8 on there digitally as well.  Which basically means my harddrive is full.



tbone51 said:
leo-j said:
Horizon likely outsold zelda by a margin month 1.....

The game is also being downloaded in heavy amounts, as the 2nd most downloaded game both March and February....

I suspect hzd could surpass 7 million in sales.... it def eclipsed 3 Mili by now!

It depends on many factors. HDZ should hit 7mil+. If its a race between it and zelda for lifetime sales then it needs to do much more than 7mil

Wait.....why does it need to do much more than 7 million?



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The gap is too big, Zelda won't outsell Horizon.



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