That was said for Spiderman 2 as well, yet it got outsold by Mario Wonder. Like i said, we have to wait. And don't forget, this Zelda is a AA game at best, while Astro is marketed as a AAA game.

In this week's physical chart, Astrobot is No.15 and Zelda No.11

I think when accounting digital they're probably selling similar week to week now

Honestly don't see how Astro Bot will end up outselling EoW, it's likely losing already, and unless there is some kind of resurgence for the game down the road, which I can't really see, the only other factor would be Switch 2 suddenly taking over completely the attention from the Switch from the get go and people start ignoring the game, which don't seem too likely either.

So aside from Astro getting a good PS5/Pro bundle, I doubt that race will even end up being close.

Its astonishing: An AA 2D Zelda wich was basically a "spontaneous Nintendo Fart" late in the Handheld's lifespan outselling an AAA Jump' n Run that was called a "Mario Killer". Its a game on a handheld about to be replaced without a pricecut vs a game on a plattform being in its best years. Ok the PS5 is down YoY but we can still call it the better years. I think thats somehow impressive. 

New IP with no stabilished fandom selling in a system half of userbase vs a classic IP with a vast story of selling millions of copies

Yes, I agree Astrobot sales are impressive!

Astro Bot is no new franchise to be exact. They had Astro's Playroom as a demo on the PS4, they had Astro's Rescue Mission on the VR wich i like a lot (i wonder why Vr flopped so hard its an awesome experience- i only loved the G- Con 45/ G- Con 2/ G- Con 3 more!! (Damn i wish for a G- Con 4, Point Blank 4 Bullseye... but thats a different topic).

And they had it on the PS5 as well in 2020. Yes its amazing how sucessfull it is but don't forget. We have yet to get sales numbers from Sony. It sure has sucess but i doubt it did Mario Levels of sales. Otherwis2e Sony would not have been shy telling us a few weeks after launch. 2 months later and no numbers? I think there is a possibility, it did not outsell Zelda but that would be really sad for Astro. Maybe thats why they kept quiet about its sales?

This is literally the first non VR astrobot game actually sold to consumers, remember PS VR has a userbase of about 5m... that was the maximum audience of astrobot VR

May not technically be new but to the vast majority of consumers its a newly established IP. Awareness was brought about through the PS5 demo but that was a free demo. You are comparing it to a francise that has long had the claim of best game of all time, revolutionised 3D gaming and lasted and been the front runner of Nintendo brand next to pokemon/Mario for 30 years. Killzone was also called the halo killer, internet names mean nothing lol. 

It'd actually be the safe bet to put money on a zelda spin-off, the reason people are expecting Astro is based of legs 

Astro still has a generation ahead of it of being the premiere PlayStation platformer. If EOW performs similarly to the past isometric zelda which sold 3.1m in 1month, and then another 2m for the rest of its life, its legs will not be extended much beyond this year. With or without Switch 2, it's fair to perceive that next year its sales will off whereas Astro has the potential to have much longer legs. 

If we take the UK for example, on the retail charts Astro (which disproportionately digital) has moved from No.12-No.15 in the last 3 weeks (-2 spots). Zelda has moved from No.6-No.11 (-5spots). Astro is showing more stability and is probably coming close to tying it for the week in total sales when accounting for digital. If much of Europe/US reflects this, that is the logic by which Astro wins the long game even with Japan deeply in Zelda's favour. 

I understand what you mean. I am only refering to post september posts especially in other forums where people swore Astro Bot would take Mario's Place, put out some crazy numbers like 40 million+ and how it would rape it. I don't think many people expected 5 days of Zelda sales to be even in the ballpark of Astros nearly full first month sales. And thats not even an AAA Zelda, only a spin off, heavely critisised by the hardest fans (playing Zelda, as good as no sword fights...). 

Would really love to see those posts from those forums - only someone who is either completely out of touch or completely insane would make such a claim.

Even if it was reskinned to be Mario game and put on Switch it wouldn't sell anywhere near that.