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> Before Breath of the Wild previous Zelda entries did not sell this well. Breath of the Wild was certainly the best-seller, but nearly every Zelda game has b
by munificent 3y ago
> Before Breath of the Wild previous Zelda entries did not sell this well.
Breath of the Wild was certainly the best-seller, but nearly every Zelda game has been a knock-out success selling millions of copies. I think Breath of the Wild is an outlier among them in part because it was out during the pandemic. I know a whole lot of people who bought a Switch during the lockdown and poured hours into escapism with that game.
- kettlecorn 3y agoThe previous mainline Zelda entries sold 7.58, 10, and 6.79 million respectively for Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, and Wind Waker. Breath of the Wild has sold 30.7 million total so far, Tears of the Kingdom sold 10 million in its first 3 days. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is selling crazy numbers even without the lockdown boost. Other factors make a difference but the core of what drives the sale of these two titles is that they're great games people strongly want to play.