http://www.gamespot.com/articles/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-needs-to-sell-2-million-t/1100-6441358/
WAKE ME UP INSIDE
It'll certainly make it, as it'll be across two consoles. The question is if console sales will budge.
It won't have any problems selling that.
>>343271597
Its Nintendo... everything they produce always sells well
>>343271597
If Splatoon can, Zelda can
2 mil is the highest selling ps4 game of all time.
To compare. Xbox and Nintendo exclusives usually sell around 3-9 mil .
Why do Sony games not sell?
what main series zelda game sold UNDER 2 mil?
It will sell more than that on Wiiu alone.
Not like there's any other fucking games to buy on that console.
Zelda can sell that much without even trying
Breath of the Wild has a lot of people hyped
>>343271719
Which Xbox One game did that?
Don't Nintendog games sell really well though?
I mean, sure the Sony sold more consoles but software-wise Nintendo beat them most of the time.
>>343271597
it probably will, considering hype. Especially if it'll be sold bundled with NX too or Wii U with pricecut.
I mean new IPs sold almost same, 2 millions is not that huge.
Better than Square complaining about selling 6.5 millions of Tomb Raider in launch week, cause that wasn't enough.
You can clearly see which company is smart with their money.
>>343271597
>most talked about e3 game by FAR
>le "gamurs" adore zelda and will buy it
>changing to a more open approach that will be great for fucking plebs that like skyrim type stuff, and interesting and new for zelda long time fans
It will sell 2million
>tfw you can't make a game and get a guaranteed 2 million minimum sales
For estimation, at $60, that's 60 million revenue at least. I wish I could make that much money in my lifetime.
>>343271597
when was the last zelda that sold less than 2m?
>>343271597
That's not much for a main Nintendo title, specially since it's going to be cross gen, Splatoon sold 4 million afterall.
>>343271792
All 360 did it.
Halo 5 is this gens highest selling exclusive at 16 mil.
Splatoob sold like 7 mil
Mario kart did 8 mil
Idk about smash, but I'm sure that sold the most
>>343271597
that would be easy as fuck
didnt splatoon sell like 5mil or something as a new ip?
>>343271884
most pathetic nintendo post ive seen in a while
kek, 2m is fucking nothing for Zelda. Its gonna easily sell double that.
>>343271981
4 mil i think, on a dead console of all things.
>>343271983
Explain yourself shitposter
>>343271597
The only main release to not break 2 mil was Minish Cap, and even then for a handheld game that was gigantic profit.
It'll break 2 mil no problem.
>>343271719
Stop spreading lies
>>343271918
no mainline zelda ever sold less than 2 millions
>>343271597
Isn't that pretty easy?
It's going to be on Two consoles, and in all likelihood will be the only game of worth on the new one
>>343272043
I'm p sure SS sold 4m and that game was fucking garbage. BotW will do very well, especially dipping into that multi-platform
Why should i be worried?
It is going to be released on Wii U and NX
NX as Launch title.
It will probably sell more than 4 million units
>>343271959
>Halo 5 is this gens highest selling exclusive at 16 mil.
Source? That doesn't sound true at all
>>343272257
well, there we go. It's basically the game that literally any Wii U owner is gonna buy if they give a fourth of a shit and anyone jumping on NX is more than likely to pick it up.
>>343272362
Why would you be worried in the the first place? Do you have stock in Nintendo or something?
>>343272487
Deliver Cia ecchi, nigga
>>343271959
>Halo 5 is this gens highest selling exclusive at 16 mil.
Obviously sweet little lies here. Pay this troll no attention.
fucking splatoon has sold like twice that
>>343271597
I dunno why Nintendo has doubts about this. It's a fucking Zelda game of course it's gonna break 2 mill. Hell maybe even more consider the WiiU didn't even really get a Zelda game besides a spinoff.
>>343271597
Honestly with all the hype for this game, it should make that easy.
All they have to do is not fuck it up from here on.
They seem worried.
>>343272726
There is no doubts they are saying what the required target is.
>>343272726
Maybe they work from worst case scenario just in case, after Wii U blunder.
It's a good politic, better to meet low expectations than don't meet high ones.
>>343272726
Oh, they're not doubting anything
>>343272380
Here's a source.
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Halo
I'm not sure how reliable the site is but it's widely known that 5 has massively underperformed.
>>343272808
Oh. It's still gonna sell though. Almost every Zelda game has sold reasonably well.
>>343272839
I guess.
>>343272909
Hi Drill.
>>343271597
Where were you when even Shigeru realised he had fucked up?
>>343271597
That's surprisingly low for their most ambitious game yet.
>>343272982
>selling less than your first game
that has got to hurt
Its a zelda game
every wii u owner will buy it
and people will buy the nx for it
you underestimate the casuals going "oh a new zelda", i remember that
look at mario kart
>>343271675
You're forgetting how easy Wii U piracy is now.
>>343273713
This.
This game will sell SKYRIM levels to casuals.
>>343273713
Mario Kart and Zelda sell vastly different units. Normies and casual scum go "I <3 Zelda!" but they actually mean the one they played as a kid and bought second-hand as an adult.
Zelda sells 4-8m depending on release. Mario Kart sells 8-32m depending on platform.
>>343273646
that is literally normal in literally every media in literally ever literally
>>343273817
....what are we measuring here? It doesn't fucking say.
>>343273880
It's also how series get retired.
>>343273905
It measures the total reach (total amount of unique people) that each games news articles recieved, so Zelda articles (which were less than the top other 5) were sought and reached out more to normies. Death Stranding also did very well vs amount of articles written.
>>343273817
>skyrim levels
Ill admit its gonna sell pretty damn well and prob break the 2 million mark but if you actually think its gonna sell skrim levels your legit delueded
>>343273778
console piracy is way more niche and has less impact on sales than you think
>>343273817
No it won't.
Skyrim was on 3 different platforms when it released and has sold over 20 million copies. I highly doubt BOTW will even come close to that.
>>343274151
>Ill admit its gonna sell pretty damn well and prob break the 2 million mark but if you actually think its gonna sell skrim levels your legit delueded
>>343271597
That's actually really fucking low, I think Wind Waker HD has sold about as much as that. This is also a Zelda game, one of their biggest cash cows too, so it'll be relatively easy to surpass that threshold unless people hold back for the NX version.
>>343273778
So, what, 200 or so fewer sales, if the pirates never buy a copy.I bought #FE, then dumped and patched it.
>>343274189
>No it won't.
>>343274072
here's to hoping Death Stranding is really good and not a hackneyed piece of shit.
>>343271884
>interesting and new for zelda long time fans
Holy shit underage.
>>343274189
It probably won't, Zelda never sells those amounts.
>>343271675
Wind waker boosted the wii u sale by like 600% or some shit when it was released. won't surprise me if the NX turns out to be a good concept, people will definitely buy into it just for BotW
>>343274263
I actively wanted to punch Kojima in the nose for wasting everyone's time with that modern art mess of a "trailer". What utter nonsense. he could have just TALKED about the game and it would have been a better showing.
>>343274192
Nigga you honestly think this game is gonna break 20 million? Keep in mind the best selling zelda game only sold 4 million
>>343274329
>Zelda never sells those amounts
>>343274428
>the best selling zelda game only sold 4 million
Before BotW*
>>343271959
smash wii u sold half the sales of the 3DS version. 3DS sold at 8.12 mil....
>>343274428
OoT is close to 8 you fuckign moron.
>nintendrones actually think this will outsell fucking skyrim
You guys are getting high off your own hype fumes
>>343273880
Difference here is that Halo peaked with 3 and the only reason for ODST's massive drop is that it was a glorified expansion pack and didn't feature playable spartans.
>>343274530
You are an actual mongoloid, unable to actually understand what you read.
It's pretty pathetic.
Try re-reading the thread until the words in it make sense in your head
>>343273778
Not very or my dumbass would be playing #FE.
Give me a retard guide.
I will only buy if for Wii U. The NX can suffer and die.
Is that supposed to be some unattainably high number or something?
>>343274620
/v/ thinks so because it's a collection of idiots.
>>343274387
It's been in-development for less than a year. I doubt they have anything to show for it.
>>343274530
>>nintendrones actually think this will outsell fucking skyrim
I think it will outsell skyrim on consoles*
>'11 - PS3 4.8m/X360 2.9m
>'12 - PS3 1.9m/X360 1.4m
>'13 - PS3 0.9m/X360 0.9m
>'14 - PS3 0.5m/X360 0.7m
>'15 - PS3 0.4m/X360 0.4m
>>343272487
No i get paid by them to shitpost here
>>343271597
That's not hard. It will sell 4 million at least.
Shit Splatoon sold 5 million.
Even BB did 2 million.
Didn't Red Dead Redemption and GTAV need to sell something like 5 million to be profitable? I'm sure Zelda will manage 2.
But how is Nintendo keeping developement costs comparatively low?
>>343271719
Over half the people who actually bought a PS4 don't buy it for anything but a select few games to play with their friends which is usually first person shooters and sports games, and the occasional over the top violent games. Only a very small population actually buys rpgs and weeb games for that system.
>>343274595
what if NX will have better framerate? like 60?
>>343274478
>Zelda never sells those amounts
Am I lying? There has never been a single Zelda game, mobile, retro, or 3D, that has sold over 10 million copies.
Zelda has never sold more than 9 million. It's highest-selling game was Twilight Princess with a combined total of 8.58 million.
>>343274732
Probably not spending hundred of millions on marketing is a good start.
There's also the fact that unlike GTA they produce and release it on their own platfoirm, so they keep 100% minus retail if any
>>343274795
*Before BotW
>>343274760
I'm guessing the NX version will be the definitive version.
>>343274478
>>343274428
best selling zelda game did 8 mil tho. Twilight Princess for GC/Wii (not HD included).
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda
>>343274732
When you don't need to hire professional voice actors to voice everyone and probably only need to spend a few thousands for an orchestra to create music, development cost is probably not going to be that high
>>343274858
Oh so youre basing your stats on unicorn shit. Carry on then.
>>343274971
>best selling zelda game did 8 mil tho.
*Before BotW
>>343274795
Cool, now whats your obsession with skyrim?
Anyone with a working brain already know they'll sell well over the 2 million they need
>>343274858
Even the NX isn't going to sell 10 million consoles in the first couple months, even if it does do well. At that point you would need a, quite-literal, 80-90% attach rate for Zelda, which is just completely unrealistic.
>>343275037
>basing your stats on observed consumer habits and trends and well measured social media usage is unicorn shit
Riiiight.
>>343271675
m8 I don't think that's how sales regarding exclusive consoles/games work
>>343275053
where the fuck did I mention skyrim in my post?
>>343273778
so easy only a 2d game that already exists on pc work on the wii u emulator and there is no sound
so fucking easy
>>343275079
>Even the NX isn't going to sell 10 million consoles in the first couple months
I meant Skyrim on consoles*
Skyrim sold 7.7m on PS3/360 in 2011.
>>343274925
I sure hope so. Tho I wish differences were just visual, not performance ones.
>>343274590
there is no way you can't do it even if you are a retard
out of any system I've modded the Wii U is by far the easiest
>>343271719
Souls games have always been niche, the reason ones on last gen sold as much as they did was that install base was huge.
Back when Sony was showcasing Bloodborne on E3, the aim wasn't to get all the normalfags to buy the game, it was to get people write articles about how amazing PS4 is and how hardcore and great games it's going to get. Normalfags saw those, and bought PS4 for the kind of games that they'd usually play, and maybe some of of them also got Bloodborne, but it released quite a while after console so I imagine most people whose PS4 purchase it had affected didn't actually end up getting it.
This is the modern reason for exclusives to exist. It's fine for them to break even just barely, as long as they cause more people to buy console they are on, and aid the sales of big name games.
>>343271719
>Sony games
Found the problem
>Worrying about a 3D Zelda game breaking 2 million or more
>When the only games that didn't do well were 4SA, MC and TFH and those were 2D games anyways
What's the issue again?
>>343274643
I mean really, there's plenty of reason to shit on Nintendo after the rather shitty past year or so they've had but every little thing that comes out now from them gets met with JUST style shitposting, even benign as shit stuff like this.
It's only funny when you don't completely run the joke into the ground.
2 million isn't much lot of games sell that much, the big problem though is that there aren't even 2 million wii U's sold so basically people will have to buy the game 3 times.
>>343275301
OoT most definitely did not sell 10m. Where is that chart from?
>>343275301
fuck four swords glad it's at the bottom
>>343275050
yeah I know. Just meant to say that TP did twice his so called "best zelling zelda" that sold 4 mil.
BotW will definitely surpass 8 mil IF and only IF they decide to show new footage justifying the final product not being the so has been "empty" vast world that some recent zelda games deluded us into.
right now, basing off the only footage we have, this is going to sell over 2 mil. But how much of a marginal difference it will make is yet to be decided over new footage. 10 mil at most. WWHD boosted the Wii U sales by about 600% yet itself only sold 1.7mil.
>>343275308
lol
A Zelda game needs to sell 2 million to become profitable?
Then it's official, BotW will be a financial success.
You can bet your ass at least two thirds of all Wii U owners are going to buy this game along with a bunch of rich people buying a Wii U purely for BotW.
You're a fucking idiot if you think BotW won't sell 2 million, OP is dumb as hell.
BotW will sell over 2 million, screencap this, it's just a fact, something that can't be avoided.
>>343271597
I'm surprised it needs to sell so less. 2 million is easily guaranteed considering t will be a NX launch title also.
>>343275216
>all those hardcore games PS4 was going to get
And yet here approaching 3 years since the PS4 launched and BB is STILL the only "hardcore" exclusive.
>>343275392
FSA was fun...
>nintendo know they are doomed
>they put all of their remaining resources into this game
>it's their legacy before going down
This is actually good news
Nintendo is putting money into this
>>343275450
why would someone buy a wii u when it will be coming out for the NX at the same time?
>>343275489
it's fucking garbage dude
maybe people think federation force will suck because of the artstyle and segmented mission based shit but I think it'll suck because it reminds me of four swords
>>343275489
Well if you meant the GC game. Then yes it was pretty decent.
>>343274846
>>343275019
Japanese games in general have lower budgets than western games. I recall Vanilla Ware being really happy when Dragon's Crown sold 100K copies.
>>343275362
http://zeldadata.com/zeldadata_SalesInContext2014.html
>>343275547
wii u is cheap now and has piracy
>>343275547
oh shit yeah I forgot, it's also coming out for the NX.
How can anyone possibly believe this game won't sell 2 million?
>>343275516
>all their remaining resources
>game was made by new team of young devs
nigga, think with head, not ass.
>>343275362
It's counting re-releases I think.
>>343275516
>Nintendo is doomed! YOU HEAR ME? DOOOOOOMED!
Everytime
>>343271597
It will sell waaaaay more than that
>>343275404
You underestimate casual gamers, they have bought into BotW hook and sinker.
>>343275626
>This delusion
Nintendo is going bankrupt nigger, soon their IPs will be biddable on other consoles.
>>343275301
What, Minish Cap sold this bad? It was fucking amazing.
>HURR WII U HAS PIRACY
No it fucking doesn't, you retards. Shit hasn't worked since the conceptualization stage. There's a reason why nobody talks about WiiU piracy but won't shut up about the same shit on 3DS.
>>343275552
Those two games literally have nothing in-common besides co-op.
>>343275301
Skyward sword sold less than TP...
How?
>>343271719
the answer is obviously that they have a lot more choice of games to pick from, whereas nintendo fans only have a choice of a select few good games
>>343275568
Is there another Four Swords Adventures I've missed?
>>343275906
one console vs two and it's a shittier game
don't know why you think it'd sell more
>>343275906
1. people knew it would be shit
2. TP had a double console release
>>343275645
That would make sense. Though selling 2 million units on VC is pretty crazy in-itself.
>>343275872
You can pirate games, you just can't pirate dlc right now
>>343275906
wii motion plus and the wii was dying
>>343275941
Had to be sure anon.
I'm also half-tired and I didn't wanna mess up by talking about the GBA Four Swords.
>>343275906
SS required a special controller
SS was a bad game and word of mouth got around
SS was a single platform as opposed to a cross-platform release.
>>343271597
will be on nx and wii u. will easily get that
>>343275606
so no zelda sales lol
>>343275906
Declining Wii sales
I'm not hopeful for Breath of the Wild's quality: the presence of Koroks, the blue outfit reminiscent of a certain pair of pajamas, the story about Link being absent when Ganon took over with the sealing point being Hyrule Castle, and the alleged focus on a more "open world" design remind me of Wind Waker, which sucked horrible levels of ass compared to the 3D Zelda games before and immediately after it. But I'm hopeful for its sales, because the world is full of retards who have bad taste.
>>343275980
>>343275994
>>343276032
>>343276061
It sold almost 5 million more than SS.
Also the Wii userbase was over 100 fucking million consoles.
And it sold 3 million barely...?
>zelda game wont sell 2 million
wat
>>343276000
OoT also came out for the GC m8.
>>343275906
Because it's one of the worst games of all time?
>>343276118
It wasn't sold though. It was just that little bonus disc that was sent to Nintendo Power subscribers and as a pack-in for some gamecubes.
>>343275762
I remember reading these exact same shitposts decades ago on shit like Gamefaqs. You'd think people would be tired of posting the same things over and over for that long.
Y'all fucking kidding? Zelda will easily sell 5+m units.
>>343276195
I got a copy with the Master Quest dungeons for pre ordering Wind Waker.
>>343274153
You can emulate some games on PC now like Super Mario 3D world, Mario Kart 8, and Super Smash Bros 4
>>343274732
>>343274846
It also helps that they don't have to get the right of a fucktons of song like in GTA, those must be some expensive shit.
>>343271597
Why you cunts have to spin every Nintendo related news to a negative one?
>>343275203
I hacekd my Wii and the vWii on the Wii U but everything I read about the Wii U itself looks confusing
>>343276337
Oh, I think we're talking about different discs.
But do pre-order bonuses and pack-ins count as copies sold?
>>343276398
They've still got pretty big issues as of right now, though the progress they've made it pretty insane.
So what, it's going to sell far more than that no matter how shit it is
>>343274846
> marketing is the only expense
literslly the single largest cause for bllooning budgets have been dev teams growing from 75-100 people into 200-300. The wages of 300 devs are at least around 20 million dollars a year. A six month delay can add ten million dollars easily to the project. Breath of wild has been in developement for five years: either nintendo gets a massive slice from sold games, pays poor wages or has a small dev team. Alternatively, they might be willing to go on red due to the console sales/media coverage saving their investment.
>>343273589
The thing is that that's just what it needs to sell to break even on development costs.
It's not their projected sales target, just an indication of how much it cost to make.
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda
Assuming this is right, the mainline Zeldas tend to sell well above 2 million with the only good Zelda game to not sell as well is Minish Cap. They just have to make a game better than 4 Swords Adventures/Tri Force Heroes (not hard at all) and 2 million is an incredibly reasonable milestone to hit
>>343276091
Aside from all the stuff previously said, I remember TP having the biggest hype surrounding it I ever witnessed, shit was totally crazy
>>343275079
Mario Kart 8 has like a 70% attachment rate.
>>343275109
Show me the model that accurately predicts the correlation between these factors and sales with a veriable history.
>>343276430
They count bundles as copies sold so maybe.
>>343276638
>Nintendo gets a massive slice from some games
They get pretty much the whole thing; remember they aren't having to split the money with another console manufacturer like third party devs do.
>>343271597
>In January 2012, two months after its launch, it was reported Skyward Sword had surpassed 3.4 million units.
If a shit game like SS can get that much, then this thread is pointless. But this is just some faggot's bait.
Is this thread for real? 2 millions is nothing. Even Killing Floor, a UT2004 mod remake, sold 3 million copies. Tomb Raider and Hitman Abshitultion were considered commercial failures by Square Enix and they sold around 3.5 million. Not even Nintendo has faith in their Zelda lifeline.
>>343273778
>implying nintendo piracy has been large enough for it to be a problem
soccer moms and grade school kiddies don't pirate remember?
>>343277125
>Not even Nintendo has faith in their Zelda lifeline.
what
They need to sell 2 mill to turn a profit, that has nothing to do with faith, it's about hard numbers.
That other games are considered a failure with 3.5 million sold just means that they needed more money in production.
>>343271597
Fucking do you guys ever bother to check the previous sales?
Zelda on a console has always sold well and it always will. Stop making stupid threads.
>>343274262
>Prey
Wait? Prey 2 isn't canceled?
HOLY FUCK
>>343274262
It won't. You completely overestimate Nintendos mass appeal compared to a fucking bethesda game sold across basically every platform.
BOTW will sell well, maybe even the best selling Wii U game, but even then it will hardly cross the 10 million mark.
>>343276091
MOTION PLUS SON
>>343275392
That game is amazing if you have friends and link cables and shit, and aren't sitting there alone playing a co-op game by yourself on an emulator.
>>343275906
>basically last major game on dead console, most everyone had already moved on
>required special peripheral
>was shit
>wasn't on two platforms, one of which was selling gangbusters and had a lack of games at the time
>>343271597
I can see it making 3-5 million, but no more than that.
The art style isn't what people want and Skyward Sword hurt the franchise's reputation pretty badly.
>>343277478
>he doesn't know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q38yi0NmAm0
>>343278332
I'm hurt.
Like really fucking hurt.
Like more than the guy that found a monkey's paw, asked for a new Metroid game and saw Federation Force.
Prey 2 looked like everything I wanted in a video game, and then they did this to me.
I'm done.
>>343277125
Stop being illiterate.
It's 2 million to break even. 2 million is not a sales projection.
Thats nothing, I expected it would need way more.
>>343274428
TP sold 8 million.
TLOZ sold 7 million
OoT sold 10 million.
10 million for OoT was astronomical back in the day.
>>343271707
Almost everything.
Fortunately Miyamoto is only nominally involved with BOTW so there's a chance it might actually be good.
>>343277125
Price tends to be important.
Killing Floor selling three million is impressive, but when most of this is due to a low price plus Steam sales you aren't getting nearly as much as a full priced AAA game.
>>343278673
>hype as fuck for Zero
>so fucking hype
>Turn out waggle is forced
>dropped so hard
>tfw Guard looks fun tho
>>343271959
>halo 5 sold almost 1:1
Bull fucking shit
>>343275542
Wish they'd make a Zelda with Katsuya Terada's art.
>>343275301
>MM didnt even sell half of OoT
This hurts
>>343278774
Star Fox as a series really got shafted here. It feels like Zero was made more as an attempt to justify the gamepad than it was to actually make a new Star Fox that fans or anyone else would enjoy.
>>343279212
I like the gamepad in concept but very very few games do it right and honestly I'd prefer if they made it so I could link a tablet or phone and display the same info as the gamepad. It feels bulky and awkward. It feels like a 2006 Tablet. Like something before the iPhone. I liked it in Zombi U and a few other games but I use my classic controller for everthing with my gamepad propped up displaying the map and shit
>>343279135
>came out at the tail-end of a console's lifespan
>also required some expensive peripheral to run
>not OoT 2.0 that so many fans were asking for at the time
It's understandable why it flopped.
>>343279379
you sound like a radical dude ;)
>>343273817
>FFXV being less sought out than games already released by a company that criticized JRPGs
kek
>>343279761
Did she squat in this picture?
Nintendo should dump 2 million into all of their games and stop being cheapasses
>>343279814
She did
>only 2 million
Guess that game really has no content.
But that makes me wonder why they needed +4 years to make it. What did they even do in that time?
>>343278548
It doesn't look good to you?
>>343271597
that's quite an easy number to reach for a zelda game, no?
>>343275934
Also the quality doesn't follow the console sales. There's very little good exclusives on PS4 so far. Most are terribly niche ones.
>>343279979
probably took them that long to figure out how physics work
>budget is less than 2 million
Game gets made in Japan
The average japanese programmer gets like 1.600-2000 dollar a month.
Zelda BOTW gets developed by Nintendo EPD which has 700 employees split over 7 divisions which all do different projects and also work together.
So lets say Breath of the Wild has a developer team of 100 people - That makes 2000 dollars x 100 each month = 200.000 dollars. That means if the new Zelda makes profit at 2 million dollars they only spend 10 months on actual developing the title.
Yeah I don't know. Zelda is niche as fuck series desu. Kinda like Dark Souls and those games sell only like 300k copies tops. I think Nintendo needs to lower their expectations a bit.
>>343271719
wew
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/05/23/uncharted-4-first-week-sales-surpass-2-7-million/
>>343280712
2 millions sales are needed, not 2 millions dollars.
>>343280712
2 million copies
>>343280865
>>343280892
Ah yeah.
In that case: A game copy gets sold at 60 bucks.
In case its a digital sale all the money goes straight into Nintendo pockets. But console sales are still 50/50 retail and so the number of profit per copy sold is a lot lower. In the most cases a publisher gets near 50% of the cut there so lets say its 30 dollars with every copy sold.
2 million copies split between 1 million digital sales and 1 million physical sales makes 90 million dollars.
Suddenly the entire thing with 10 months makes no sense anymore. But now we remember that on around 12 percent of all videogame budgets go into developing the games. And if we calculate that in it suddenly starts making a lot for sense. At the end its clear that developing that game took 4 years if not more.
>>343271597
That's not a whole lot. They must be aiming pretty low. Dark Souls games do those numbers on Steam alone.
>>343279462
MM3D has a similar ratio compared to OoT3D.
Face it, it just wasn't a good game.
>>343281816
>it just wasn't a good game.
Maybe to the retards of the world, the ones who made absolute sure we got two Wind Breaker sequels and the seemingly similar upcoming Breath of the Wild despite Twilight Princess being objectively better and more deserving of follow-ups.
>>343278295
LBW happened between SS' release and Breath of the Wild's one. And LBW was a great game. SS' fuck up doesn't matter in itself, especially when the handholding and the linearity were completely scrapped for this one.
>>343271675
>Buying a Wii-U brand new with barely touched used models are all over gamestop/ebgames.
>>343271719
First, there are games that sold more than 2m but it's still incredibly disproportionate to the number of consoles out there. Why?
Because the PS4 is a meme console. Trendfags bought it like they did the Wii but they aren't really gamers. For them, owning something is more important than using it.
>>343283490
>used
Why is it that when someone buys a used console and lets their friends play it with them, we call him a "gamer", but when a man does exactly that with a used woman, we call him a "cuck"?
>>343275301
Its sad Zelda 2 sold that much
>>343271717
Splatoon only "sold well" because it was bundled with consoles. I daresay it made up the bulk of that sales figure.
So if they bundle Zelda with consoles, it'll inflate the sales figures and satisfy their investors who are blind to this metric.
Zelda bundle incoming. They can easily move close to 2 million without bundling.
Two million is childs play for a fucking Zelda game. Hell, Splatoon sold four million.
>>343271719
This could not be more inaccurate. Holy shit dude, you're desperate.
>>343284041
Because you don't stick your dick in a console after another man (I hope.)
>>343284041
>Defining cuckoldry wrong.
>Implying I respect Nintendo or women enough to care where they've been before I got a hold of them.
Splatoon sold 4.27 million copies.
2 million copies of a console Zelda is nothing. Especially since it will be half a decade until the last console Zelda came out.
>>343284406
>Splatoon sold 4.27 million copies.
Still waiting for that guy to eat a bag of dicks and crows.
>>343271597
>mfw Nintendo is on the verge of no longer being relevant
>even with all their cash reserves they struggle to gain footing with the general gaming populus
>all they're reduced to is fucking rehashes of 20+ year old games that they drove into the ground and making toys
>they'll have to either join forces with Sony/Microsoft or finally release their software to third parties
We did it bros. The end is near.
>>343284202
Except the game on its own was constantly on Amazon's bestsellers list.
>>343284564
The fuck are you talking about?
>>343273778
I was honestly surprised by how fucking easy it was. Stick two files on an SD card, open your browser, go on a website and that's literally all there is to it.
>>343284406
>Splatoon sold 4.27 million copies
On a console that has barely more games than the amount of fingers I have.
People somehow try to salvage their buyers remorse
>>343271597
that's almost nothing and i call bullshit as well.
>>343284564
Why would anyone advocate for less competition in the business? Spamming REHASH REHASH REHASH LOOOL when every company is doing the same thing, even with the drastic change in gameplay with BotW doesn't help your argument either.
>>343284248
I wonder how much splatoon needed to turn a profit. Maybe 200k?
>>343284690
You do know that the entire Mid market and AAA industry have a massive gaming drought going on right? There are less than five worthwhile games on the Xbox one and about seven on the PS4.
Zelda is one of Nintendo's big flagship IPs There is no way it won't sell less than 2 million. Especially with the inevitable advertising campaign. And the very positive E3 buzz.
>>343275301
>Minish Cap that low
Motherfuckers.
>>343284125
Its a great game
>>343285204
I can't even understand why
It came out back when I was in school and everyone was playing it.
>>343284564
This is an obvious shitpost but its sad to think people actually believe this
>>343273817
>doom fallout 4 and skyrim more popular than death stranding
>games that weren't even at e3 in a big way
>>343279212
It literally did.
The game started as as task given to Miyamoto by Iwata to "create games to justify the functionalities of the gamepad".
They never wanted to make a good Starfox game, just to shove more gimmicks down our throat.
>>343285341
They were there in a bigger way than death stranding
>>343275906
4-hour tutorial
Telling people you need to sell a certain amount of copies can't be a good sign can it?
>>343276091
No-one ever bought Wii games that weren't bundled with the console itself.
>>343285748
Considering that there's only two Zelda games that haven't sold above 2 million, no, it's not a bad sign at all.
Welcome to nintendrone general!
>>343273969
Not necessarily, and Halo has actually been performing well.
>>343284690
>People somehow try to salvage their buyers remorse
Literally what are you even on about? What does that even have to do with that post?
Holy shit they're going to make bank with this game.
Fucking splatoon made 2mil sales as a new IP with very little advertising.
Yes bloodborne didn't sell well, but that's because it'smediocre
>>343286119
It performed well under expectations and MS won't release actual numbers or tell us how many people are even playing.
Wasn't Skyward Sword the most expensive game they ever produced at the time?
This one looks not even comparable in scope and budget but yet it only needs 2 mil to break even?
Are they basically admitting that most of their games look like shit worse than phone games because they don't want to invest no fucking money on them?
>>343272726
It's just the number they need to hit to turn a profit.
Fucking Splatoon sold past 4 million
>>343271913
Yeah but you're not thinking about development cost. You've got to hire and pay a lot of people to make a game and with the ridiculously high levels of polish and the size of Zelda, the team is likely ridiculously large. Especially considering they're working with Monolith, there's another company taking it's cut. Then there's the resellers who take a cut.
It can easily sell 2mil with the hype it's generated. Ga
>>343271959
>Halo 5 best selling exclusive
Mario kart 8 sold more than it.
>>343284690
>People somehow try to salvage their buyers remorse
How far did you jam your head up your own ass anyway?
