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-square223fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down156 cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.world
arrow-up1252arrow-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-square223fedilink cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.world
minus-squareAbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·9 months agoI wonder it’s because it attracted a bunch of people who weren’t into games, but are huge Harry Potter fans.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·9 months agoIt’s also on every platform, including the Switch, while TotK is just on the Switch.
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 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-up10·9 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.
I wonder it’s because it attracted a bunch of people who weren’t into games, but are huge Harry Potter fans.
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.