Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sells over 10 million copies in first 3 days, more

Nintendo has announced several new sales milestones for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

[sparky77]

Wow those are GTA level numbers and it's only on one platform, absolutely crazy. Nintendo really are in a league of their own when it comes to software numbers. It also means no one gave a crap about the price hike either.

[Flawlessmic]

Absolutely ridiculous, absolutely deserved.

Been playing it with every spare second I have, reckon iv put in atleast 45 hrs already 😅

I will say though the high sales is also likely to Nintendo not exactly have big bangers every yr, so when something like zelda comes everyone is pumped for it cause it's literally been yrs.

Not taking any thing away from it but I feel it does play a part

[thesoftware730]

I see your point, but I think no matter when Zelda comes out it will make a big splash.

And Nintendo released Pokemon recently, Fire Emblem, XC, Bayo 3(I know it's platinum) and many more, they have been putting out big games.

[__SteakDeck__]

@sparky77 People will pay for quality.

[merlox]

Quality? Bad frame rate, jittery graphics, downgrade from BOTW, not worth the $70 price tag, and gets boring quickly. Why does everyone give Nintendo a passing grade in everything?

[northpaws]

@merlox

It is actually good, taking a break from my Jedi Survivor to play this at the moment, resolution a bit low, but it is highly polished, and extremely fun to play.

[King_Noctis]

@merlox

Downgrade from BOTW? Now we know you’re just talking out of your a**.

[neutralgamer1992]

that's impressive very very impressive

quality games= great sales. W all wish more publishers would try to understand that but instead gaming is filled with launch now fix later GAAS model even for single player games

[AngainorG7X]

Impressive

[italiangamer]

These are absolutely crazy numbers, very happy for Nintendo.

[IMissJimRyan]

Time to turn on mode "they have a huge installed base, so it's not that impressive". But these argument doesn't apply to ps4 because reasons.

[darkrider]

True, the same person's say always that. It's only 8% of the install base. They don't understand how huge it is

[Sgt_Slaughter]

I've always found it odd how few PS4 games did spectacularly in terms of attachment rate. You'd think Sony exclusives would sell like gangbusters with the way they're hyped up and rival Nintendo games, but doesn't happen.

[DigitallyAfflicted]

Some Sony exclusives are merely good, plus you are spoiled for choice on the blue side...

[SeTTriP]

This is stupid logic, I knew somebody was going to go to attach rate (another cancer that MS brought to industry) to down play a great game.

This is like saying superbowl numbers numbers suck because only 50million people watch it instead of its 500milliom install base (America).

Zelda was never a huge selling franchise until botw, so by that logic Zelda has exponentially expanded they're base significantly and the 30mil this game will sell life time is a huge accomplishment for nintendo..

The game is great the sales are great so just congratulate.

We are looking at are goty, there's always next year, this is Nintendo year

[senorfartcushion]

Good. Single player exclusives need to sell well.

[darkrider]

Righ on. Less micro gaas always online trash

[senorfartcushion]

Preach!

[Demetrius]

Ikr this game, hogwarts and GOW ragnarok shows single player games are still wanted not always online bullsh**

[Tapani]

That is absolutely phenomenal. Well deserved as well. This will bode well for the franchise, as with BotW and TotK Zelda has become a juggernaut in the industry. I love the fact that such a serene and chill experience is selling so well. Just sit back and enjoy the game after work, almost like the perfect therapy after a busy day.

[Zeldafan64]

Going down into the depths is not a serene and chill experience. It's ominous and foreboding which is what they were aiming for so mission accomplished.

[Nintentional]

I just made into the depths last night, holy crap!! It’s massive down there and the enemies are way harder inflicting gloom on you. I had to go back up because I only have 4 hearts at the moment lol

[persona4chie]

Lmao yeah the depths scared the shit outta me when I first found it 😅

[ZeekQuattro]

My introduction to it was through a well. I figured I was just spelunking a typical well in the game and instead I just kept falling and ended up there. lol

[aws04]

It would be perfect for day one nintendo pass

[BrainSyphoned]

Got Advance Wars with my second ticket :)

[RaiderNation]

Pikmin 4 for me! :)

[thesoftware730]

Nintendo is the King of Fun!

It's like magic, no matter what consoles come out and how high-powered they are, whenever I play a well-made Nintendo game it just seems like pure fun, with a bit of wonderment sprinkled in.

Great numbers and Nintendo will remain great, no way to stop them from making pure fun games, they have mastered the art.

[__SteakDeck__]

@thesoftware730 If only you could say that about PS games, instead you end up hating on them. 😢

[Flawlessmic]

@fadwa

Another new troll account.

Mannn sony must be living rent free in a few people's head here that you need to go to the length of creating a new account to take Nintendo's win as your own and use it againt Sony cause your an xbot and can't use xbox games 🤣🤣

Sony games are some of the best in the business but whatever makes you feel better about urself.

[thesoftware730]

Me? I hate on PS games? What games? when? Show me, please.

And besides, what are you even talking about? What does this have to do with PS games? Me liking Nintendo games somehow related to Sony?

I will wait for you to show me when I hated PS games, the system I own, and support with my money.

You my friend are reaching.

[__SteakDeck__]

@Flawlessmic Xbox fans have been doing this for a decade. Using Nintendo exclusives to rip PS exclusives because they can’t use their own. Lol

[Mr Blings]

Good for them!
I bought it, and have played it a small amount thus far. It looks nice! They need new hardware, it just feels sluggish to me coming from things like GOW R and Burning Shores.
Fingers crossed now, Starfield lives up to expectation.

[Futureshark]

Maybe defeatist Phil Spencer might take note how well a great game can do.

I'm pretty sure that alot of people have also bought Switch to specifically play it if they didn't have one already. A system seller if ever I've seen one.

[myfathersbastard]

Normally I’d agree with you, and I’m sure they did. But I doubt it was many simply because, who wants a switch at this point and doesn’t already have one? I’ve bought 5 already. My original, my oled, and 3 as gifts over the years to people who wouldn’t have bought one otherwise.
I feel like they’ve sold almost as many as they’re going to. I’m very interested to see sales numbers from this. If there wasn’t a big bump in sales, we can expect an announcement for the next Nintendo system by the end of the fiscal year.

[Stanjara]

hardware sales numbers incoming...

[Chocoburger]

I already own a V1 softmodded Switch, then I won a free V1 Switch in a random drawing contest, and I just recently bought the OLED TotK Switch to keep as "new old stock". Most likely have a modder install a modchip in it as well.

Everyday kids are having birthdays asking for Switch like their classmates, and of course they're dropping Switches on concrete constantly, asking for a replacement. Lots of reasons why the system will keep on selling well until 2024.

[StarkR3ality]

Holy shit.. well done Nintendo, I don't like your games or platform, but it's nice to see people enjoying a great game they like.

[StarkR3ality]

Lol, disagreeing because of personal preference, grow up you sad bastards.

[shammgod]

TotK = GOAT

[Chard]

People ‘disagreeing’ because they disagree?

Concerning…looking into it

[gold_drake]

holy shit !!

congrats nintendo

[GoodGuy09]

Lets go baby! Game is f***ing amazing!

[Stanjara]

Single player games are dead. We need more season battlep ass and coop team shooters with pink undercut hair.

[MadLad]

I've basically given up on the AAA space. It's a good year if there's three AAAs I actively want to purchase (meaning I'll actually buy around launch time).

There's typically ten indie/AA games I'm excited for at any one time.

[Stanjara]

True, me too. Just picked up Humanity... it's insane!

[Dario_DC]

It's the first game I bought for the switch in over 1 year. Finally got a reason to turn my switch on after all this time

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Really? Well what about Chaos;Head Noah, Chaos;Child, Bayonetta 3, Corpse Factory, Atelier Ryza 3, Persona series, Crystar, AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative, Ib, Loopers, Light in the Dark, Metroid Prime Remastered, Harmonia, Needy Girl Overdose, Paranormasight, Neon White, A Space for the Unbound, Senren Banka, Witch on the Holy Night and of course the upcoming Loop8 and long awaited Anonymous;Code?

[Dario_DC]

I really need to get Bayo3 and metroid, just waiting for a good price on Amazon. Played the Persona games on the vita/ps4.
Most of those games really don't do it for me, and I don't have the time I used to for gaming.
But I'm really enjoying Zelda and it's nice getting back to the switch for a bit

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I actually haven't played a Zelda game since the NES days, lol

[MadLad]

That's kind of insane. Good for them.

[Sonic1881]

Well deserved for the 2023 GOTY!

[Aloymetal]

But, but, exclusives don't matter and sales don't matter either...

[Tal169]

Fun fact.. it sold nearly as much as Elden ring did in 3 weeks (12m)

[Abnor_Mal]

Great sales, congratulations Nintendo.

Thr last Nintendo system I owned was the N64 years ago , and never really used it all that much. But recently I have been thinking of getting a Switch to complement my PS5. I would get BOTW and TOTK but am hard pressed to know what else would be a simply pick up and play type of games for the system.

The last Zelda game I played was the original back on NES, and only know the first three Super Mario Bros. Games.

[silkylove]

Mario Kart, Mario Odyssey and Metroid Prime Remastered would be my top 3 recommendations. Splatoon 3, Tropical Freeze and Luigi's mansion are also good gets. After that there are tons of exclusive 1st and 3rd party JRPGs and also a ton of indies that are nice to play on the go.

[Abnor_Mal]

Thanks, I will keep those in mind and will check out some gameplay.

[SeTTriP]

It's a great combo, your really never in a drought with it.

[Moonman]

Congratulations Nintendo and to The Legend Of Zelda for yet another masterpiece. :)

[DogJosha]

I wonder if they release BotW 1.3 now with deeper rivers and lakes if you guys will fork out $80 for it... I guess we should congratulate Nintendo for having a loyal fan base that will pay more than full price for a basic tier expansion pack.

[eagle21]

You obviously have not played Tears Of The Kingdom. Its the GOTY and a real 10 whether you ever do or not....

[DogJosha]

It's an expansion pass for an incomplete game. This is from Nintendo's own mouth so pretend it is a full new game all you want...

[Cuzizkool]

Don’t mind me. Just came to this comment to grab all the salt and put it on my dinner. 🧂🍛

[anast]

Family games always sell more, even if it's jank. Nintendo knows this as they purposely sell inferior products. But then again people buy it, so there is nothing for them to change.

[King_Noctis]

Uhh what? Do you even know what you are talking about mate?

[MrSec84]

Don't mind them, they don't know what a good video game is, based on those comments.

[anast]

The game runs slow and the console is cheaply made.

[MrSec84]

This game is great quality, it's gameplay and art style are great.
It isn't just Breath of The Wild DLC, it's exactly what a true sequel to one of the best games every made should be!

[Father__Merrin]

The last game is 30 million it's lifetime sales so far this will be similar. It's very front loaded

[DefaultComment]

oh im just enjoying the game so far and watching the haters and the ps fanboys raging and burning their chest because Nintendo is kicking their arse with "inferior hardware".

[MrSec84]

Technically a PlayStation Fanboy here, but credit where credit is due this game is utterly amazing, it proves Nintendo needs better hardware because it's limited to 900p 30fps in docked mode, but the game is a visual marvel running on the Tegra X1.

[DefaultComment]

well im glad im having a civil conversation with a person that is suppose to be a "ps Fanboy" and yes I do agree that Nintendo needs a better hardware and im pretty sure we will get one next and hopefully will be retro compatible with switch games.

[Demetrius]

The excitement of buying this game yesterday mane lol was real the feel of it is great, u all know the type of feeling you get like when you played saints row 1&2 for the first time, GOD of War, assassins creed, GTA this the feeling I got again same with Zelda botw

[terstomp]

I think that over the years of flogging the overpriced cheap hardware, Nintendo have enough money to release a new console with 2019 specs this time. Maybe with even a whopping 6GB of ram, just imagine.

[HyperMoused]

Viva Redfall, down with Zelda.....

[ZeekQuattro]

Well deserved. This is one of those games that even though I'm away from it I'm still thinking about what I'll do when next I boot it up. I'll be playing TOTK for quite some time.

[Exvalos]

This is why ninteno will never get with the times and produce a powerfull up to date console.

[MrSec84]

I've only played a bit, but it's well deserved.
This has some of the best gameplay of any game for a while.

[repsahj]

That is impressive! 10m in just 3 days?!?! A great game can really spread like virus! Congrats nintendo!