Re:Legend of Zelda game sells 10M copies in three days
by highwaylights on Friday May 19, 2023 @02:16AM
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I expect new hardware in 2023, not because of how powerful the current chipset is or is not, but because Nintendo is very likely losing a massive percentage of sales to emulators now.
How many units would the game have sold if Yuzu/Ryujinx didn’t exist? It’s even more jarring when you’re a paying consumer running the game at 720p20 and someone else can quite easily download switch games for “free” and play a much better 4K60 unofficial PC version.
Those videos are all over YouTube and have been for a couple of years now. I’d always assumed Nintendo was just trying to get TOTK out the door, give it time to sell, then announce the new system with a new Mario later in the year.
Re:Legend of Zelda game sells 10M copies in three days
by ymolodtsov on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:25AM
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Emulators are for a very small niche audience of players, most of whom simply wouldn't buy the Switch.
Also, their own quarterly reports and expectations confirm they aren't launching new hardware anytime soon.
It just keeps selling though. Sales have dipped, but not so much that Nintendo is in any hurry.