simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months 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 · 11 months agomessage-square264fedilink cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·11 months agoIt’s also on every platform, including the Switch, while TotK is just on the Switch.
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·11 months 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-up1·11 months 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-up11·11 months agoI think you just nailed it, this is exactly why.
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months 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-up1·11 months 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.