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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The sequel to Breath of the Wild, the banger of the next few years?
A few hours before the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, on already had more than tangible proof of the popularity of the new hit by Nintendo. After the triumph of breathing of the Wildthere console Big N’s laptop was going to accommodate an even more spectacular direct sequel, and that the players did not want to miss it under any circumstances. everyone wanted son copy, even if it means settling in front of the stores to watch for the opening! The day before the release, the whole world had given son verdict (19/20in our columns) and was almost unanimous. With the possible exception of certain notes, which did not see grand more than a small improvement breathing of the Wildor some developer comments, finding that ” bland and old-fashioned “.
tears of the Kingdom has conquered the United Kingdom and France, it is doing better than FIFA 23!
It was the Anglo-Saxons who were the first to draw figures, and these are on could not speak more eloquently as to the popularity of The Legend license of Zelda and the aura granted by Breath of the Wild. Yet one of the countries least contaminated by the ” nintendo mania », the UK gave an extremely warm welcome to Tears of the Kingdom which became, during this first weekend, the best video game launch of 2023, managing to increase tenfold the scores made by Hogwarts Legacy (+50%, compared to this one) when it was released last February. First indicator of a real runaway, the French figures came to corroborate this prowess coming from across the Channel.
According to data reported by Le Figaro, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has not gone far from the half-million copies sold in the space of a weekend ! A masterstroke that is all the more eloquent insofar as one of the biggest best-annual sellers, namely FIFA 23only sold 420,000 copies during son first launch weekend. For a Nintendo Switch exclusive, on borders on the prodigious, and that’s not all! The figures collected are only the tip of the iceberg since they do not take into account dematerialized sales. Undoubtedly, by adding up, the triumph of tears of the Kingdom would have been even more impressive!
Anyway, the output of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom did the effect of a small bomb in the video game chartsso that theon easily imagine seeing the game back in the top charts in the years to come, rather than just the months after release. At least, that’s what some industry analysts predictand it could be quite possible given the continued success Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and results of breathing of the Wild. Pending further information on sales figures, on already starting to get some data on the statistics of the launchand they are crazy!
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