Nintendo made the latest installment of The Legend of Zelda series available to players at the end of last week, and we can already talk about the incredible success of the title. The Japanese sold a trifle 10 million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom just three days after its release. This is one of the best results in the history of the industry.
Players around the world have fallen in love with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The first opinions of reviewers about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom were very positive, so we could expect a good result. However, Nintendo has outdone itself, because the game is selling not well, but sensational. The latest title of the Japanese company has already won the title of the most-bought game in the history of the entire Legend of Zelda series. Like Tears of the Kingdom, we can compare it to such titles as Cyberpunk 2077, which sold 13.7 million copies in 21 days, or Hogwarts Legacy, which was already played by 12 million players after 14 days. .
“Forbes” also calculates that the aforementioned 10 million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have a total value of $ 700 million ($ 70 per copy), which puts this title next to the fastest-selling games in history. Activision sold copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 worth $1 billion in the first two weeks after its release, and within the first day of Grand Theft Auto 5’s release, players bought copies of the game worth $800 million. Three days after the game was released, the result jumped to $ 1 billion, which is an all-time record. However, the newspaper notes that each of these games has been released on at least two consoles (and computers), while The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a title dedicated exclusively to Nintendo Switch. Considering this fact, the achievement of the Japanese is even more impressive.
In the case of popular games intended only for one platform, the sales results in the first days after the premiere do not look so impressive. For example, God of War Ragnarok (on PlayStation) sold 11 million copies, but it took three months to do so. This may mean that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has become the fastest-selling title dedicated to a single console in history.
Source: Gazeta
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