simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwidewww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square264fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down165 cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkHogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwidewww.videogameschronicle.comsimple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square264fedilink cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 year agoIt’s also on every platform, including the Switch, while TotK is just on the Switch.
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoYeah this feels like a Look What They Have to Do (release on every system) to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power (be Zelda) meme.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMore like: Even a bland game will sell more if it is released on multiple platforms, no matter how good the other game is.
minus-squareShadywack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoI think you just nailed it, this is exactly why.
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoYep it’s an unfair comparison. If Zelda was available on all platforms then it might have been a different story.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut it isn’t, and that is the problem.
It’s also on every platform, including the Switch, while TotK is just on the Switch.
Yeah this feels like a Look What They Have to Do (release on every system) to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power (be Zelda) meme.
More like: Even a bland game will sell more if it is released on multiple platforms, no matter how good the other game is.
I think you just nailed it, this is exactly why.
Yep it’s an unfair comparison. If Zelda was available on all platforms then it might have been a different story.
But it isn’t, and that is the problem.