@simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoHogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwidewww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square385fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down165
arrow-up1283arrow-down1external-linkHogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwidewww.videogameschronicle.com@simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square385fedilink
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish62•7 months agoIt’s also on every platform, including the Switch, while TotK is just on the Switch.
minus-square@garretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish23•7 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-square@Honytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 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-square@Shadywack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•7 months agoI think you just nailed it, this is exactly why.
minus-squareLadlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoYep it’s an unfair comparison. If Zelda was available on all platforms then it might have been a different story.
minus-square@Honytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 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.