simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwidewww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square290fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down164 cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1265arrow-down1external-linkHogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwidewww.videogameschronicle.comsimple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square290fedilink cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·9 months agoIt’s also on every platform, including the Switch, while TotK is just on the Switch.
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·9 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-up1·9 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-up11·9 months agoI think you just nailed it, this is exactly why.
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 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-up1·9 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.