Despite being , 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the ꦬKingdom is now the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:highest-rated game on Open Critic and one of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:top five games on Metacritic. It has also just enjoyed the biggest launch of a Zelda game in franchise his🍌tory.
That’s according to UK boxed sales data (courtesy of ), which puts Tears of the Kingdom well ahead of the competition. Tears of the Kingdom outsold Breath of the Wild by almost three times, giving it the top spot for Zelda release sales. Twilight Princess is now bumped to second place while Ocarina of Timeꦺ sits in third. Tears of the Kingdom is also now the eighth best-selling Zelda game of all time even after just a few days, outselling✱ physical units of Skyward Sword and the Wind Waker.
Tears of the Kingdom🧜 didn’t have quite enough oomph to unseat Pokemon Scarlet & Violet from its top spot of highest-selling Switch launch of all time, at least in term♐s of unit sales, but it did beat Scarlet & Violet in terms of revenue. Tears of the Kingdom sold 12 percent fewer units but generated eight percent more revenue thanks to a special limited edition version which was is priced at £100.
And while everyone is talking about Tears of the Kingdom sales o𝄹f Breath of the Wild also saw a bump as fans purchased the prequel in anticipation for the sequel.
Tears of the Kingdom is also the top UK game of 2023 in terms of physical sales, beating out Hogwarts Legacy by more than 50 percent. Keep in mind that Hogwarts was released on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5, but also that these platforms typically have way more digital sales nowadays than physical ones. Di♌gital sales data for Tears of the Kingdom isn’t available yet, so we’ll have to wait to see if Tears of the King🏅dom will take the top spot.
Tears of the Kingdom is trailed by Hogwarts Legacy on the UK boxed chart, then Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, then🌜 FIFA 23, and then the perennial favorite, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
The success of both Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild has Nintendo thinking that this is going to be the "168澳洲幸运5开奖网:new format" for Zelda for the foreseeable future. Speaking with Game Informer, series producer Eiji Aonuma compared the games' revolutionary power to Ocarina of Time.
"With Ocarina of Time, I think it's correct to say that it did kind of create a format for a number of titles in the franchise that came after it," he said. "We've arrived at Breath of the Wild and the new type of more open play and freedom that it affords. I think it's correct to say that it has created a new kind of format for the series to proceed from."