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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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Comments (389)
 | abhiram_33 (on 15 May 2012) i thought the sales for this game would be higher, deserved more sales |
 | spurgeonryan (on 15 May 2012) With the eventual select title for this game it should go on to sell a little better, plus it will have the Wii U to sell on. The Wii will not go away for another 2 years at least. |
 | knocturnal2435 (on 09 May 2012) As predicted, it came out with a lot of steam, had the holidays push it but ran into the same issues that Majora's Mask faced (dying console and required add on to play). Sales sitting at 3.24 million is not bad, but it is not good either. It has slowed down to a snails pace right now. Toppling 4 million world wide and 2 million USA will be the last of its two milestones. And I don't even know if the latter is within reach. It's a shame, because the release date really hurt the commercial success of the game. Had it come out when the Wii was surging there is no doubt in my mind that the game could have easily toppled 5 million, with a shot of 6+ million world wide. A game this good deserved better. |
 | AndrewWK (on 08 May 2012) a very bad one :/ |
 | Barozi (on 06 May 2012) 3.52m is probably shipped isn't it ? |
| linkandcuccos (on 28 April 2012) @AOK Games - No, a lot of gamers have sold their Wii, and stated they will not buy another Wii just for one game, so the whole "Zelda fans would already have a Wii" is incorrect. Also, TP being released as a launch title would give it a boost in having higher sales quicker, not lower sales. You have games as launch titles with consoles because that helps boosts sales. SS is released towards the end of the product life cycle, so there are reasons why sales would dip. And even then, 3.52 million total is GOOD still for just a few months. |
 | NintendoFanDj (on 28 April 2012) This game sold 3.52m VGchartz UNDERTRACKED!!! http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/04/talking_point_why_skyward_sword_sales_failed_to_soar |
| AOK Games (on 25 April 2012) @ linkandcuccos What you're failing to note is that Twilight Princess was released when the Wii launched, so sales were going to be significantly slower. However, Skyward Sword was released five years later, when Zelda fans would already have a Wii. On top of that, it was released prior to the holiday season, so there's no reason why sales should have dipped this much. |
| acdcste (on 25 April 2012) Yeah its a pity the sales were not a little stronger in japan or this would have been pushing the 4m mark. |
 | RedInker (on 24 April 2012) The music is great in this game. A joy for your ears. |
| shadowii (on 17 April 2012) @peterosyum sadly zelda isnt that popular in japan |
 | Peterisyum (on 15 April 2012) Interesting that the sales are relatively low in Japan, considering it is made there. I wonder why this is? |
| linkandcuccos (on 09 April 2012) Tp 10 week total - 2 million, SS 10 week total - 3 million. Why are people saying SS sales are avg?? You can't take 6 years worth of data from TP and compare it with like 4 months. SS sales are good. It broke a record and sold faster then any other Zelda game. Nintendo announced end of Jan that it reached 3.49 million. Zelda games don't sell 5-6 million their first year - TP didn't reach 6 million until 5 years later. |
 | menx64 (on 08 April 2012) this game is amazing, a masterpiece... |
 | Metroid33slayer (on 04 April 2012) @chickenmoshpit Install base is not relative to performance there are a number of other factors. Wind Waker sold 4.6m on a 22m selling console if skyward sword had that ratio it would sell 20m which would never happen. Being sold on a console on its last legs, the extra price point due to accessory, a console geared towards casuals, an obscure artstyle and motion controls are all factors which have contributed to average sales ( compared to TP). You see having a 95m install doesn't count for much when the majority of those users will only buy wii sports and just dance. Even with a 62m install base SS hypothetically would have sold much better on ps3 because its not dominated by casual players. |
| HelloMotto (on 01 April 2012) @Mad55 i hope you are kidding. OoT3DS came out like a year ago, and is on a 3DS... that has an install base that is 10X larger than Vita. besides it's a remake of the most popular mainline zelda game, while uncharted golden abyss is just a spin-off which isn't even developed by naughty dog. it isnt even fair to compare the sales, really. |
 | Mad55 (on 31 March 2012) Lol ucharted is not bigger than zelda just because one zelda game didn't sell up to the standards f the other. If we go by that anyway its a stale mate as ocarina of time 3ds is sellinn way better than uncharted vita. |
| HelloMotto (on 31 March 2012) agree with chickenmoshpit. uncharted is now bigger franchise than zelda. but ps3 is not 50% smaller than wii lol. more like 33% |
| chickenmoshpit (on 31 March 2012) hmm... maybe i have worded it wrong. i should say 1.5X smaller. yes. |
| chickenmoshpit (on 31 March 2012) @-Garrett- what? are you trying to say PS3's install base ISNT 50% smaller than Wii? I hope you're kidding, or you're just being in denial. Wii current install base: 95.43 PS3 current install base: 62.77 the facts speak for themselves, mate. |
| -Garrett- (on 30 March 2012) @chickenmoshpit 50%? No. |
| chickenmoshpit (on 30 March 2012) @Metroid33slayer lol dude. im comparing their LATEST installment. zelda has a huge drop in popularity while uncharted is on the rise, with each installment selling better than the previous. uncharted is on a PS3 which has a 50% smaller install base than wii. |
| pastasauce (on 26 March 2012) I sold my Wii a while ago. If I get a Wii U, then I will pick this up. |
| Metroid33slayer (on 25 March 2012) True because a 14m selling franchise is bigger than a 70m selling franchise. |
| chickenmoshpit (on 24 March 2012) damn. looks like uncharted is now a bigger franchise than zelda in terms of sales. |
 | RaitheNoblesse (on 18 March 2012) love Zeldas and Nintendo, but the next Zelda should be "mordernized" a lot more (and 2 analogsticks are needed, a Zelda without a "movable camera" to enjoy the enviroment/grafix, like in SS, is not worthy beeing called "best Zelda ever", let alone selling as the best Zelda...) |
| RaitheNoblesse (on 18 March 2012) for the amount of Wii's out there, it should like sell a lot more then TP sure, TP was one of the few and only Wii Games back then (launch title), but there are like 10X more Wii's today then during the first year of TP.. |
 | oni-link (on 18 March 2012) It'll have 3.5 mil in sales and already made mucho bucks with that too!!! C'mon 3.5mil for a game released as the swan song for the system is incredible. If it makes 4mil than it is an astonishing accomplishment. |
| TheMythmaker (on 14 March 2012) Do my eyes deceive me? No, they don't. Skyward Sword actually sold less than Twilight Princess last week in the US. ...just...wow. |
| shadowii (on 06 March 2012) also at least two zelda games are in delvelopment now so no worries about dropping the series |
| shadowii (on 06 March 2012) they were only expecting it to make wind waker sales though so if it gets to that it will be enough for nintendo |
| shadowii (on 06 March 2012) zelda fans :( |
| shadowii (on 06 March 2012) it wont sell as well as tp but nto because it doesnt deserve too, its mostly the timing and the fact that this game requires more money due to the wii mroe plus |
| RaitheNoblesse (on 05 March 2012) Zelda SS has some tough bosses (finally, the bosses in TP were mostly a joke), is the most "mondern" Zelda when compared to other Zeldas (not to other games); but I agree: it doesn't deserve to sell as well as TP, TP had few flaws, but it was for it's time the better Zelda |
| Metroid33slayer (on 04 March 2012) My revised estimate is 4.5 million, it doesn't deserve to sell as well as TP and wont. |
| RaitheNoblesse (on 04 March 2012) without a vaste overworld, it's just a level contect to level think, it doesn't feel like one big world. The "overworld" in Zelda SS to explore on , was the sky. just flying from small island/platform to island/platform. It was really missing in Zelda. But "casual" players often an't take such big wolrds to explore (they get lost). but with a marker/compas for the main quest, it should be ok. @sales: in the past Zelda was one of the best selling Action-Adventures if not the best selling; not many Action-Adventures sold near as much (not even many RPGs). But today, Assassins Creed, Skyrim, Monster Hunter, Batman ect. are all selling better or at least giving Zelda a hard time. Zelda has some great gaming moments, but it's overall not up to date (and I don't mean the grafix). But when looking at it's costs, it's making more $$$ than those other Action-Adventures..., Nintendo wont make better Zelda's as long as it's still selling over 2-3 Mio?? or will they "drop" Zelda, it sells unter 2-3 Mio?? |
 | Michael-5 (on 04 March 2012) I dun't know if these sales are bad Raith. At this rate it will outsell Twilight Princess and no Zelda has ever broken 10 million. This game should do 6 no problem, maybe 7 or 8. As for your points, some make sense, some don't, you got to realize that's your opinion and not a general concensus. For instance I think I agree Zelda should have voice acting, but Link should never talk. I also don't think an overworld is essential (makes the game more accessable, by girlfriend love SS, but hate TP). I do agree about fetch quests, it's the reason I stopped played Baten Kaitos, and I'm just before the end of the game. |
| RaitheNoblesse (on 04 March 2012) I love Zelda, I've loved them since the NES, but Zelda SS just has to many issues (even if it has some of the best gaming moments of 2011); weak sales compared to the previous Zeldas, should make Nintendo take Zelda more serious and want to make it more "modern": 1) dont let their "B-Team" do a such an important game, 2) never ever make a Zelda without a real Overworld again (should have learnd from WW), 3) finally add voice acting like in Xenoblade or last story (it will make it cost more, but finally making a Zelda with a "real" story with voice actor (voice actors are only needed if there is a story in the game) 4) build in real Side-Quests (make the game bigger) 5) but don't make the game bigger by "stretching" it with so many cheap "fetchquests".; love Zelda, but Zeldas S, even if its the most modern Zelda, just doesn't feel like Nintendo gave it as much attention as they used to in the past (even when looking at the team who made it); but low sales might do the opposite, instead of making Nintendo try harder, they might drop it even more, hope not |
 | Roma (on 03 March 2012) hmm the sales have gone down a lot.... at this rate it wont get to 4m at the end of the year :( |
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| knocturnal2435 (on 21 February 2012) Went from 3.4 million to 3.1 million. This thing is moving likes molasses right now. It will take a while for it to trek to 4 million. 4 million is a nice land mark number, and a typical number for a Zelda game, but for a game of this quality it would have been nice for it to sell better. This is the most fun I've had with a game in years. A truly special one of this generation. We'll all have to settle for 4-4.25 million on this. |
 | dark_gh0st_b0y (on 21 February 2012) masterpiece.... |
 | Pineapple (on 19 February 2012) Fantastic game. One of the finest pieces of art ever created. |
 | Squeakthedragon (on 19 February 2012) The sales curve for SS is impressive considering everything stacked against its release. I think it has a chance of equaling or surpassing Twilight Princess due to Wii U cloud sales; the game's not going out of print when Wii U launches and new owners will want a Zelda game too. |
 | MachoMoustachio (on 19 February 2012) @shadowii Honestly, sales and shipped mean pretty much the same thing. Nintendo > Retailer > Customer When the retailer buys the shippment from Nintendo, Nintendo has already made the money off of the shippment. |
 | NintendoPie (on 18 February 2012) Wonderful game! ^_^ |
 | Smeags (on 17 February 2012) Masterful game. Truly masterful. *tips hat* |
 | Thechalkblock (on 13 February 2012) according to sales data on this site there was a huge decrease in weekly sales when the new year started; what happened? :( this game deserves to sell at least as many copies as twilight princess; sadly i don't think it'll happen due to the nature of it's release date. |
| shadowii (on 12 February 2012) http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/01/27/super-mario-3d-land-sells-5m-skyward-sword-3-4m.aspx |
 | man-bear-pig (on 12 February 2012) Underwhelming sales |
| man-bear-pig (on 12 February 2012) I played a bit of this yesterday. Good game! |
| shadowii (on 11 February 2012) @macho actually the document said sold not shipped |
| MachoMoustachio (on 11 February 2012) @cromeros Nintendo meant shipped units. |
 | cromeros (on 10 February 2012) This game is still undertracked. Nintendo said that Skyward Sword sold more than 3.49m... Come on, VgChartz!! |
| spurgeonryan (on 10 February 2012) 3.45 compared to 3.10. |
 | Quetzalcoatl (on 10 February 2012) What ?... it was at 3.28m last week, or i am missing something ? |
| shadowii (on 09 February 2012) this odd the just downsized the muber making it further from nintendos official statement of how much the game has sold |
| man-bear-pig (on 05 February 2012) ...in the longrun |
| man-bear-pig (on 05 February 2012) This is doing well! Should top 5 mill |
| shadowii (on 04 February 2012) @metroid33slayer the add on wii definatly hurt total sales but taking in future price cuts and the fact that it is slightly undertracked right now 5 mil is still possible, you also never answered my question |
| Metroid33slayer (on 03 February 2012) Faster out of the blocks than any other zelda but already dipping around 30k a week. Outside of the holiday season a full priced game plus accessory is probably more than your average wii gamer is willing to spend, perhaps nintendo selects is the only way SS can pass 5 million. |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 03 February 2012) could be undertracked, i can't believe store shelves are full of Zelda |
 | TheDarkBender (on 02 February 2012) This game is undertracked! The game sold 3.42 million up to december 31st. Should be around 3.7 million now. |
 | Matt_182 (on 01 February 2012) This game is better than Twilight Princess although Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and The Wind Waker remain my favourites. This game will reach 5 million minimum. |
 | AstroMaSSi (on 30 January 2012) I expect this game to reach soon 5 M. |
| shadowii (on 28 January 2012) parenly this is still slightly undertracked, nintendo has their current global sales for the game a 3.42 |
 | Cheebee (on 27 January 2012) 'Related Games ... Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey'... x'D |
| spurgeonryan (on 24 January 2012) When you click on games on the main page now it takes you to a whole other area. Strange. So we have to go to two different sites if we want to get to sales now? |
 | Roar_Of_War (on 24 January 2012) Wow, this set up is..kind of cool. Although I wish it was a little faster to comment, but whatever. |
| shadowii (on 20 January 2012) well not much can be said, numbers are falling but it is nice to see it break a mil in europe |
| shadowii (on 19 January 2012) @pezus it was adjusted up last week, and it was the Europe section primarily |
 | pezus (on 19 January 2012) Adjusted up in USA? |
 | dsage01 (on 14 January 2012) This could pass Zelda TP almost certainly. |
 | Nintendogamer (on 14 January 2012) 1.2M in 2011 in US, so could be over tracked about about 100K |
| knocturnal2435 (on 14 January 2012) Nice! Glad to see it was undertracked. The Europe numbers were impressive to begin with, now with the new adjustments, it's even more impressive. Some minor adjustments to the USA numbers too. With 3.18 million in the bank, it will definitely cross the 4 million mark, has a better than not chance at 4.5 million, and an outside shot of 5 million. Good job Zelda! This game did much better in Europe than Twilight Princess out the gate. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 14 January 2012) It's interesting that this game was actually undertracked. Oh well, I'm glad it's doing a little better than we thought. 4.5 million is easy enough to see, now. However, 5 million tops, not at least. Not enough leg room for beyond 5 million IMO. |
| menx64 (on 14 January 2012) 3 millions? No complaints, the game deserves to sell 50 million copies at the very least ;) |
| shadowii (on 13 January 2012) wait was it because of npd? either way happy dance |
 | Pavolink (on 13 January 2012) What the...? Whooazza!! Go Zelda! |
| Cubeninja (on 13 January 2012) wow 3.18m sales :o just a couple hours ago when i checked it was 2.86 XD |
| Roar_Of_War (on 13 January 2012) Wait, what the hell happened? :I What are these adjustments based off of? |
 | Salnax (on 13 January 2012) Why the hate? 3 million in 2 weeks is great! 5 million is likely, and would certainly make it one of the best selling games in its subgenre of all time. |
| Metroid33slayer (on 13 January 2012) A 3.18m seller after 7 weeks and people are saying 4m lifetime. Are you people insane? It has another holiday season and and probable price cut in the future, this will get to 5.5m lifetime |
| Metroid33slayer (on 13 January 2012) It seems the european sales were significantly undertracked, with this adjustment the game has actually sold very well. |
| shadowii (on 12 January 2012) @knocturnal i actually got the question answered when i scrolled down, i agree this game deserves better sales then its getting |
| shadowii (on 12 January 2012) @metroid33slayer good question and now its at 130k rise |
| knocturnal2435 (on 12 January 2012) I love this game, I'm just talking about the sales on a sales web site lol. That's all. One of the best Zelda's ever made! |
| Roar_Of_War (on 12 January 2012) All software and hardware dropped pretty strongly this week, Let's see if this game can find at least decent consistent legs throughout 2012. Still, at the moment, this looks like a 4 million lifetime seller. So somewhere around or inbetween Majora's Mask and Zelda 2. |
 | bazmeistergen (on 12 January 2012) @knockturnal - but it may outsell Twilight Princess week 7 this week, which would mean 7 weeks of outselling it. Europe is up as much as Japan and US are down. That US drop is pretty significant though. Will keep an eye. |
| shadowii (on 12 January 2012) @knocturnal2435, question do you like this game? |
| Metroid33slayer (on 12 January 2012) How did this manage an increase of 110k when it only sold 19k in the usa? Has it been adjusted up? |
| knocturnal2435 (on 12 January 2012) And both Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword bombed in Japan. For one reason or another, Zelda lost its appeal in the Japan market on the Wii. Look at every Zelda console game to hit Japan before Twilight Princess, they all sold 300k+ in their first week and sold 600k-1 million (including Wind Waker). Then, the franchise completely fell apart over there. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 12 January 2012) This is exactly what I said would happen after the holidays. It is taking a steep decline each week, and in a matter of weeks will be off the charts. When there was all this discussion that it would outsell Twilight Princess, I said it will have the same fate as Majora's Mask (strong opening, limited in the gaming population that it could reach because of the add on, and rapidly fall off the charts). Sales for this will be officially disappointing if it can't do what Wind Waker did (which is highly questionable at this point). |
| Sccop (on 12 January 2012) wow big drop-off in sales |
| Roar_Of_War (on 12 January 2012) and no, it's a great game. =) |
| Roar_Of_War (on 12 January 2012) Not really. After Twilight Princess, this is quite normal for the series in Japan on home consoles. Zelda sells better on handhelds over there, and Zelda sequels (not timeline wise) typically sell less anyway. |
 | Lord_Yggdrassil (on 12 January 2012) Man this game FLOPPED in Japan. |
| Lord_Yggdrassil (on 12 January 2012) overrated game, doesn't deserve good sales. |
| Metroid33slayer (on 10 January 2012) 3m by the end of this month, 4.8m by the end of 2012, 5.5m lifetime |
 | Zim (on 09 January 2012) Just started playing the game. Makes me feel like a child in the best possible way. Just pure unbridled child like joy. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 08 January 2012) @Squeakthedragon: It's more that there are a lot of other high selling franchises/games out there these days..compared to what there was back in the 80's and 90's. Zelda has always been very strong, but the standard for "strong" has changed a bit. |
| Squeakthedragon (on 08 January 2012) There's definitely no prob with the sales. Fans and the gaming press have long exaggerated the popularity of Zelda. That's not a knock on Zelda! Zelda has always been Nintendo's enthusiast series for a smaller demographic of fans. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 08 January 2012) Just beat this game last night. The last boss fight was absolutely epic. Definitely pushed the Wii to its limits both graphically and gameplay. The sales don't do it justice. It is one of the best Zelda games I've ever played and one of the most innovative controle schemes I've ever experienced in a game. Truly a bright spight in the Zelda series. IDK if I'd say it is the best, with OOT, ALTTP and TP all being top notch entries, but this one is no slouch. I really hope its legs in the USA and Europe help it hit 5 million. |
 | JTurner82 (on 08 January 2012) Sorry: I meant 6-week total in Japan for OoT3D. At that period it was roughly 270k. SS's 6-week total is above that by 32.5k. |
| JTurner82 (on 08 January 2012) Interestingly, in six weeks time, TWILIGHT PRINCESS cleared about 341k in Japan. SS is unfortunately 40k below that, but still 32.5k above OoT3D's second week total. So in all honesty, it's really not doing that badly there. It's just bigger in America and Europe. |
| NintendoFanDj (on 08 January 2012) Zelda Ocarina of Time is causing this to sell less. |
| JTurner82 (on 08 January 2012) ITs Japanese sales may not be as plentiful, but 300k is by no means a bad number. It IS low for the series, yes, but it could have been much worse. America and Europe are DEFINITELY pushing this title toward the three million mark. ZELDA won't be going anywhere anytime soon. I expect the WiiU version to sell much better in Japan, especially since that console will be targeted at hardcore gamers, unlike Wii. |
| Salnax (on 06 January 2012) 4 or 5 million sales is just fine. It's Zelda, not Mario. I doubt any entry in this series will ever exceed 10 million anyway, so these numbers are an alright first month and a half. Especially considering the old Nintendo legs. |
| Smeags (on 06 January 2012) Masterful game. |
 | Mr.Ashtear (on 06 January 2012) Still way ahead of Twlight, both in EU and US. I can see it reaching 5.5 million. The need for an add on killed the chance of reaching 7 or 8 million sales. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 05 January 2012) 4+ million is the most I'm hoping for right now. Anything over 5 million is probably out of the question. But, a typical Zelda pushes 4-5 million. With that said, this Zelda is selling just as well as most Zelda games do. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 05 January 2012) My biggest concern for it is shelf life. How long will the Wii remain relevant with the Wii U's impending release? Will Nintendo still push Players Choice/Greatest Hits titles upon release of the Wii U? Will Wii U owners continue to purchase previous Wii games? It already had a lot going against it with the required add on to play the game (wii motion +). I'm hoping the Wii and SS will be able to sell well into the Wii U life cycle. I'm sure there were PSX games that continued to sell well with the release of the PS2 and I'm sure that PS2 games sold well during the release of the PS3. I'm hoping the same goes for SS. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 05 January 2012) Forgive all the posts. I figured it would be better to have three semi wall-of-text posts than one large, ugly one. =P |
| Roar_Of_War (on 05 January 2012) Still, I do agree with the notion that this isn't looking to outsell even the Wii version of TP, and that this was not a good week in particular. Also, If memory serves me right, the weeks after the first week for TP on Gamecube were low, like around 50k or under low. I don't have exact numbers for them, but knocturnal2435 is probably right in that SS isn't out-selling the game when factoring in both versions (I still don't consider it quite fair, though). Anyone thinking otherwise would be a little overly optimistic. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 05 January 2012) Gamecube is Nintendos weakest non-joke platform of all time, and The Wind Waker still sold over 4 1/2 million. On the reverse, TP can easily benefit from being a launch title. When a popular game with name recognition is a launch title and has no other comparable competition, it increases sales, it doesn't hurt them. People have said this for a long time now, just look at the old "sales comparison" with TP and TWW on this website, if its still there. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 05 January 2012) I don't see how anyone can justify comparing TPs combined sales vs SS's exclusive sales. Low install base? Enough with that argument, when its been proven time and time again that install base has very, very little to do with how well Zelda sells on Nintendo platforms. Just look at the sales history of the series and what platforms they are on. It's completely inconsistent. |
| shadowii (on 05 January 2012) @i dont know about all combined sales but considering what europes life time total is for gamecube i'd say its a sure thing that skyward outsold it there |
| knocturnal2435 (on 05 January 2012) And for one reason or another, vgChartz took down the weekly sales of the GCN version of TP. All I remember is they had its first week at 292k. But, all of the games have been adjusted since then, so, like I said in my previous post, its probably closer to 240-250k. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 05 January 2012) Real meh sales this week. Is it tracking that far above TP with Wii + GCN combined? People forget that Twilight Princess did about 600k+ in its opening off-set weeks with the Wii / GCN edition (367k Wii - adjusted from 433k and 292k on the GCN which will probably be adjusted to 250k). If you add the GCN + Wii totals for TP through its first 8 weeks, I sincerely doubt Skyward Sword has truly outsold it. Sure, Skyward Sword didn't get to launch on a multi-platform, but the GCN and Wii (at the the time, via a launch title) had a much lower installed user base. |
| bazmeistergen (on 05 January 2012) Sales about 650,000 above the 10 week total for Twilight Princess |
| Roar_Of_War (on 05 January 2012) Twilight Princess had good legs, but even if SS has legs similar to that, it doesn't have enough time before people stop buying the Wii and its games as much. It's only hope to reach 5 million is if the Wii stays strong even after Wii U comes along..or if Wii games keep selling to Wii U owners competently. Otherwise we're looking at around 4 million here, which still wouldn't be bad. Zelda sequels on the same console always tend to sell weaker. It's the same with Mario games usually. |
| shadowii (on 05 January 2012) on a side note its interesting that this game was the readers choice fro game of the year again |
| shadowii (on 05 January 2012) @Roar of war, probably not so well (at least for the next half), look at twilight princess |
| Roar_Of_War (on 05 January 2012) It'll be interesting to see how the numbers hold up from here on out. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 05 January 2012) @Bruno Muñoz: Where did you get that information? Nintendo's PR didn't prove anything for the US. We still don't have any official numbers for the US..and as far as I know, its the same for Europe. |
| shadowii (on 05 January 2012) so the drops are finally beginning in full (about a week later then twilight princess except for japan) ah well |
 | Zucas (on 05 January 2012) Finally able to start this game (thx Skyrim haha). After a few hours of play, just wanted to comment on how beautiful the musical score is in the game. The music and the graphics work so well together in crafting the atmosphere of each moment. Look forward to experiencing the rest of the game. |
| shadowii (on 04 January 2012) @Bruno where did you find that out |
 | Bruno Muñoz (on 04 January 2012) I'm afraid these Puzzeldas figures are a bit overtracked, especially in Europe. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 03 January 2012) Again, they didn't say how much, Nintendogamer. They said "above 1 million". |
| shadowii (on 03 January 2012) @nintendogamer that article said that skyward sword had passed a million sales it didnt say by how much |
| Nintendogamer (on 03 January 2012) over tracked in the US by about 330K |
 | fedfed (on 03 January 2012) 5 mil life time top. sad to say but the time is sooo wrong. 2010 would have been the best year! |
| Cubeninja (on 01 January 2012) well the game selling better than TP, it have outsold the 10 weeks ( wii version ) of TP in europe and usa in 6 week |
 | Aidman (on 31 December 2011) Over 5 Millions LT Sales. |
 | Billmaster17 (on 31 December 2011) 100 million |
| acdcste (on 31 December 2011) Nice to see this one pass the 2.5m mark. Too much doom and gloom give it time to sell! 2.5m is not to shabby after only a few weeks out. |
| oni-link (on 31 December 2011) stilll very good considering the Wii is in it's final year!!! |
| oni-link (on 31 December 2011) hate to say it but this will sell 4-5 mil lifetime |
| Roar_Of_War (on 30 December 2011) Good week overall. It'll be interesting to see how much this does next week. |
 | Aj_habfan (on 30 December 2011) These sales are great, think you Wii fans are just spoiled with all those 5M+ sellers. |
 | siavm (on 30 December 2011) What is up with japan? |
| maccollo (on 30 December 2011) "still selling way better than Twilight princess." Except in Japan for some reason... |
| shadowii (on 30 December 2011) oh and the post i was speaking of was posted on the 27th |
| shadowii (on 30 December 2011) oh and the post i was speaking of was posted on the 27th |
| shadowii (on 30 December 2011) the only thing with this is that i got my hopes up due to this post on gamefaqs, some guy posted a livestream playthrough of a link to the past and said that it was in honor of skyward sword topping a mil in the neatherlands, i'm guessing that was misinformation |
| Mr.Ashtear (on 30 December 2011) still selling way better than Twilight princess. |
| Salnax (on 30 December 2011) So, I guess we're not going to see another peripheral-requiring Zelda for a while. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 30 December 2011) Not the kind of holiday boost I was hoping it would get. Donkey Kong Country, as Nintendo's big holiday release last year, showed much bigger growth through the holidays. This did, however, stay steady. With just one more week in the USA where it will likely crack 100k, I don't suspect this Zelda too much. It's at where I predicted it would be (~1.3-1.6 million by the end of the calendar year) and probably won't have too much gas in the tank. Sold like a typical Zelda in the USA (e.g. Wind Waker) and might top out at 2.25-2.5 million USA. Europe numbers throughout the holiday were strong, probably push 1.2-1.3 million there when it is all said and done. And Japan... WOW. Still can't get over it. 500k is probably out of reach. |
 | Galvanizer (on 30 December 2011) The game deserves better sales than this. Nintendo advertised it badly. Should have used TV ads that showed people playing the game using the 1-1 sword control. |
| shadowii (on 30 December 2011) what do you know nice increase for europe this week |
| NintendoPie (on 30 December 2011) I'm cringing at these sales D': |
 | zippy (on 30 December 2011) @ think-man-yes it is motion control only...but the motion control is the best to date,it really is that good.Dont pass on this epic adventure just because you may be unsure of motion controls.It is worth every penny mate :) |
 | think-man (on 28 December 2011) I don't have a wii but Iv been thinking about getting one cause there so cheap now, anyways just wondering if you HAVE to use the motion controls for this game? or can I use just a standard controller? |
| zippy (on 28 December 2011) one of the best games of all time :) |
 | OneTwoThree (on 28 December 2011) It is getting outsold by the OoT remake?!? Man I really need to tell more people about this game. Owning a Wii and NOT buying Zelda:SS is pure stupidity. |
| Smeags (on 27 December 2011) The Ancient Cistern was one of my favorite video game things ever. |
 | Icey7 (on 27 December 2011) Great game, but my arm was dead by the time I finished it. God I hate motion control! |
 | Kihniö (on 25 December 2011) Yes,got it as a christmas present |
| Mr.Ashtear (on 24 December 2011) Im amazed at how big has Zelda become in the US, just look at the sales of this and OoT 3D, it is insane! |
| Roar_Of_War (on 23 December 2011) For the record, when I said "this game will sell 4-5 million", I meant to add a "probably" in there. Anyway, @bmp: Although it doesn't make the sales any better, it's selling pretty close to the way TP did in japan. It probably won't reach 600,000 over there in the long run..it took TP an extremely long time to get there. |
| bmp (on 23 December 2011) I just hate Japan sales... but so glad it reached the 2 million mark in 4 weeks,,, Go ZELDA, keep going! |
| Roar_Of_War (on 23 December 2011) @NolSinkler: Putting words in my mouth and being a hypocrite at the same time? Very classy of you. |
| NintendoPie (on 23 December 2011) Geez NolSinkler you're kind of getting a bit to mad or sarcastic about that.....! ): |
| NintendoFanDj (on 23 December 2011) @VGKing Oh really. "ME LOOK AT BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND SEE" Zelda Ocarina of Time sales are 7.60m |
| NintendoFanDj (on 23 December 2011) Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D is causing it to sell less but it is catching up. |
 | NolSinkler (on 23 December 2011) Yes Roar_Of_War, you're right about everything and there won't be a massive drop-off in sales after the new year. I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about. You know the secrets to video game sales and anybody who has different views than you couldn't possibly be right, because you've accurately predicted the sales of every video game. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 23 December 2011) @VGking Sales are a bit low for a big game, yet Zelda has never been a big seller? Isn't that contradicting? How can it be "as big as this" if Zelda has also never been a "huge seller"? Regardless, how much did you expect it to sell at this point? It's Wii exclusive and needs more time to build up. Even so, console Zelda games typically sell 4-7 million depending on the game. That's not absolutely huge, but its still a beast. People's standards are changing with multiplatform games and Call of Duty =/ |
| oni-link (on 23 December 2011) great numbers tracking almost 500k higher than TP did in it's first 4 weeks. Should do typical Zelda numbers (4-6 mil) if Wii U owners decide to pick this up. |
 | VGKing (on 23 December 2011) Sales are a bit low for a 1st party Wii game as big as this. But Zeldas have never been huge sellers. |
| menx64 (on 23 December 2011) looking better now, I hope it continues to sell very well this next two weeks... The game is just too amazing. |
| bobgamez (on 23 December 2011) what dissapointment? THis is typical zelda sales |
| Salnax (on 23 December 2011) They should release an HD version of this on the Wii U. That will make up for any disappointments here. |
| Roma (on 23 December 2011) @Roar it can still sell on WiiU even if Wii dies. with that said it might top TP numbers even. we need to wait and see i guess :P |
| Pavolink (on 22 December 2011) lmost 2M! Waiting for Nintendo to release some numbers! |
| Roar_Of_War (on 22 December 2011) *Roma |
| Roar_Of_War (on 22 December 2011) This game will sell anywhere from 4-5 million, I'm not denying that. I'm just saying that until we see that drop, let's not use it as data to support our arguments. Trends can often change. As Soma said, the Wii isn't even a dying system yet. He has a point: What if the Wii U doesn't sell well? What if the Wii still sells powerfully until 2013? We need to let things play out and -then- do the talking. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 22 December 2011) Excuse me, I meant Red Steel, not Red Steel 2. I never talk about the first game, so my reflex was to put a 2 in there. =P |
| Roar_Of_War (on 22 December 2011) @NolSinkler: Where is this massive drop off for Skyward Sword? Come back to tell me this when you can factually prove it. Secondly, TP was the only popular game at the Wii's release for a long time. This HELPS sales, it does not weaken it. Look at Red Steel 2: Cool looking game compared to everything else aside from Zelda? and it sold well at launch, inspite of being a mediocre game. The game that stands out at launch will benefit from sales because thats all people have to choose from. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 22 December 2011) @Roma, it's a dying system because Wii U, not because its current sales level. Wii will drop much more around the Wii U's release. |
| Roma (on 22 December 2011) lol @Roar if Wii is a dying system why is it selling more than PS3? TP has sold way more than WW and SS will do at least 5m |
| NolSinkler (on 22 December 2011) Right. When Zelda launched with the Wii, there were limits to its sales. As more Wiis sold, though, TP sales did not have a massive drop-off. Skyward Sword will have a massive drop-off in sales. Its day-one sales look better, because almost everybody who WOULD play Zelda now already owns a Wii and therefore would buy SS very quickly. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 21 December 2011) Zelda only sells to its own fanbase, and that's why it barely makes a difference from system to system. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 21 December 2011) Are you kidding me? Launch titles sell better, not worse. Installbase means -nothing- when it comes to Zelda. Gamecube did horrible, TWW still sold well. Wii did incredibly, but TP only managed to do the typical Zelda standard. It -is- doing better than TP..for now. I just don't expect it to last because of requiring an add-on/wiimote plus to play, and being on a dying system. |
| menx64 (on 21 December 2011) 2 millions already! |
| NolSinkler (on 21 December 2011) No, it's not, considering that the Wii's install base right now is greater than 90 million, whereas Twilight Princess was launched with the Wii. Skyward Sword won't reach five million. |
| Mr.Ashtear (on 21 December 2011) It is still doing waaay better than Twilight... |
| shadowii (on 21 December 2011) did you notice one of the global best sellers latly is mario kart wii |
| shadowii (on 21 December 2011) @knockturnal, remember ocarina is part of a bundle for the 3ds now, but yes if anything im' surprised europe has held up like this (it plummeted after three weeks last time) |
| knocturnal2435 (on 21 December 2011) What I find more sad, is that Ocarina of Time 3D (a 13 year old remake) crushed a brand new console Zelda game in sales this week! I'm happy to see Ocarina reaching a new generation, 249k in its 26th week, and I understand that the 3DS is the hot item this holdiay, but I would have thought that Skyward Sword would have had the better of the holiday season. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 21 December 2011) In fairness, TP went on to become the highest selling Zelda ever both in the USA and WW (Wii+GCN). Sales are a BIT disappointing, but overall, I don't think you could have expected too much more out of a dying system. I was hoping for 200k+ in the USA this week, but 169k will do. Doesn't have the legs Donkey Kong Country Returns had last year (the Wii's major holiday release in 2010) but it is doing decent. Holding up really well in Europe too. Japan is still a head shaker. Can't believe that one. |
| Galvanizer (on 21 December 2011) This game is selling worse than TP if you combine the Wii and GCN sales of TP. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 20 December 2011) It probably feels disappointing because of Skyrim. The fact of the matter is, this game is selling faster than the previous Zelda, but Skyrim is selling just -that- good, so it makes Zelda seem weaker right now. People are also expecting this to die out faster than TP due to it being on a dying console, but we'll see I guess. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 20 December 2011) Holding very well for another week. OoT 3D too, even though that has a bundle (but SM3DL does as well I guess). |
| shadowii (on 20 December 2011) @nintendoFanDj not likely |
| NintendoFanDj (on 20 December 2011) 5 days remains to blow sales out |
| shadowii (on 20 December 2011) ironically it just passed twilight wii versions ten week total in america and is equal to uncharted 3's (american), but yes it somehow feels disapointing |
 | ylowbstard (on 20 December 2011) So Wii gets an amazing game, and not enough people are buying it... WTF! |
| Billmaster17 (on 19 December 2011) nooo! DONT SLOW DOWNN |
| Galvanizer (on 18 December 2011) I'm not expecting Skyrim level sales for this as it's not that a big seller. It seems only NA is providing somewhat big numbers each week. |
| NintendoFanDj (on 17 December 2011) @Roar_Of_War you expecting Wind Waker sales when this is the fastest selling Zelda game. I am expecting Twilight Princess, or Ocarina of Time, or Zelda 1 sales. |
| Roar_Of_War (on 17 December 2011) Expecting about Wind Waker level sales. It's selling faster but doesn't have enough leg room to grow. |
| Galvanizer (on 17 December 2011) I hope it sells 2 million LTD in NA and EU. Japan will be lucky to reach 5000,000. |
 | retroking1981 (on 16 December 2011) Hopefully this sells well throughout december because I think it'll die a quick death in 2012 just like the Wii |
| NintendoPie (on 16 December 2011) Wow, horrible 3rd week sales in Japan D=!!! |
| acdcste (on 16 December 2011) Should be passing the 2m mark next week. I know people are saying the sales could have been better but to me these numbers are fine. |
| shadowii (on 16 December 2011) ironically it did better then last week one more week and it will probably surpass twilight princesses ten week number |
| shadowii (on 16 December 2011) ironically it did a bit better then last week anyway |
 | Kai Master (on 16 December 2011) oops tracking above the Wii version of TP but I don't know if we add GC version... |
| Kai Master (on 16 December 2011) TP is at 7.80 and currently selling 0.04m/week, it could reach 8m, SS is tracking above but I don't know if it will have legs... |
| Aidman (on 16 December 2011) for sure there will be an HD Zelda Collection regrouping Wind Waker, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword but SS SP version on the Wii U I don't think so. |
| spurgeonryan (on 16 December 2011) depends on how long nintendo keeps the wii alive. What do you all think about a special edition wii u version? |
| NolSinkler (on 15 December 2011) I would like it to beat Twilight Princess but I seriously doubt it can do that. |
| Aidman (on 15 December 2011) Wish it will beat twilight. |
| Pavolink (on 15 December 2011) Almost a million in USA, and 3rd week better than 2nd?! Same with 4th and 3th week in Europe! It's selling very good! |
| Roar_Of_War (on 15 December 2011) Also, they need to update Global sales to account for that extra 70k that they under-tracked in the games first week, don't they? |
| Roar_Of_War (on 15 December 2011) 4th week for Europe is good. |
| shadowii (on 15 December 2011) indeed week four is when sales dropped in europe for twilight princess so maybe thats next week with skyward sword |
| bmp (on 15 December 2011) wao, look at those Europe sales, it is holding up well, it's holding up quite good, Go Zelda, by the end of this week 2 m games sold 4sure |
| OneTwoThree (on 15 December 2011) I think it was a really dumb move to make the version with controller included a "Limited editon". It's hard to find now, and expensive. Thus the incentive for an impulse buy is greatly reduced for most people... no nice big all-you-need box on the shelve. Instead they'll see "M+ add on required", hm ho, what is it, another 20€$, naaaahh... not ideal. |
| retroking1981 (on 15 December 2011) knocturnal2435 is spot on. Look at Majora's Mask on N64 and Yohi's Island on SNES to see what happens to great games released at the end of aconsoles life cycle. The sales are very good for what they are... a game on a dying console. |
| yahoocomReborn (on 14 December 2011) sales are not good |
| yahoocomReborn (on 14 December 2011) sales are not good |
| knocturnal2435 (on 13 December 2011) Roar_Of_War I would bet you a fortune that Skyward Sword doesn't outsell Twilight Princess. You're looking at the short term present statistics, not how games trend (especially games at the end of a console life cycle). Twilight Princess had the benefit of being on a system for 5 years now, through all of its peak years, and being a Greatest Hits game to fuel sales. It topped at 2.98 million on the Wii and just over 1 million on the GCN. Skyward Sword faces limited time in the lime light with the Wii U coming out and the Wii losing steam after the holiday season (which it statistically does after each year). I'm not basing it on opinion, I'm basing it on "trends." Majora's Mask had the same issue - launched at the end of the console life cycle with a technological add on alienating potential video game users. Majora's Mask opened up strong, sold well through the holidays, and quickly faded as the PS2, GCN and XBX all flooded the market. You think this will be very different because of three weeks of sales? I'm not even saying that Skyward Sword is a failure, but check other people's views too. Not many people think this will outsell TP (which is the highest selling Zelda in the USA with Wii and GCN combined sales). |
| Roar_Of_War (on 13 December 2011) If we're talking about pacing, then SS is still winning. Knocturnal, you keep basing your talk off a prediction, not a present reality. 3 weeks in a row is proving that Skyward Sword is holding up better than TP, so far. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 13 December 2011) It's all about pacing NintendoPie. Skyward Sword won't have the same kind of legs for a handful of reasons (release late in console life cycle being one of them). A faster start and a shorter run does not lead to more sales. It will be interesting to see how it will sell in comparison to titles before Twilight Princess. Plus, if you factor in TP Wii Sales + GCN Sales, it's possible that Skyward Sword isn't outselling Twilight Princess by that much in its first 3 weeks. |
| NintendoPie (on 13 December 2011) What are you talking about that this won't outsell TP? It already has in America for its first three weeks compared to TP's for three weeks. |
| JTurner82 (on 13 December 2011) Well the holiday season has only just begun. There's still time for the Japanese sales to pick up. It doesn't have to outsell TP worldwide to still be a success. Nonetheless, I DO expect that the next game WILL have realistic graphics and, hopefully, do better numbers even in Japan. The problem with the Wii was that its userbase was very unbalanced. WiiU SHOULD attract more gamers, and as such, the sales could very well be stronger in Japan and Europe, too. |
| Galvanizer (on 13 December 2011) What am I saying? It won't outsell Twilight Princess in NA either. |
| Galvanizer (on 13 December 2011) Won't outsell Twilight Princess in EU or JP. Hope this makes them use realistic graphics for Zelda on Wii U. |
| NintendoPie (on 13 December 2011) Almost to a Million in America, pretty close to 2'Million world -wide, and they went up in America too =D |
| shadowii (on 13 December 2011) knocturnal2435 ocarina is the last zelda game to break a mil in japan |
| shadowii (on 13 December 2011) knocturnal2435 ocarina is the last zelda game to break a mil in japan |
| knocturnal2435 (on 13 December 2011) USA numbers are steady! That's the one bright spot to it. 604k, 149k, and 198k are fantastic numbers through three weeks. With another 3 weeks of holiday sales, there is no doubt in my mind it pushes another 750k+ to finish the year just north of 1.6 million in the USA (a pretty solid number). |
| knocturnal2435 (on 13 December 2011) Can't believe the drop it took in Japan. With the holiday season I expected better legs. Just 33k? Wow. It's not doing fantastic in Europe either (but at least it is showing steady legs). I wonder what their marketing campaign was like outside of the United States. People forget, between 2000-2005 the Zelda franchise had no problem pushing over 300k in Japan in its first week and between 600-700k each time (with titles like Ocarina of Time crushing the 1 million mark). I wonder what happened to diminish it's appeal in Japan. |
| JTurner82 (on 13 December 2011) The overall Europe total isn't terrible, though; it's currently at 389k in that territory, while Japan's is at 247k. So yeah, it's not as huge as USA, but it's not flopping; the LTDs in both territories will still be at least over the 300k mark. |
| retroking1981 (on 13 December 2011) Great USA numbers, god awful UK! |
| JTurner82 (on 13 December 2011) Of course it will. It is, after all, the Christmas season. |
| TheDarkBender (on 13 December 2011) Sold more 3rd week than 2nd! Hope it will do even better next week :) |
| Smeags (on 12 December 2011) Kwee? |
| acdcste (on 12 December 2011) I know some people are dissapointed by the numbers but to me 1.5m at this stage is still good. |
| OneTwoThree (on 11 December 2011) Jeez, this game is huge! I'm 53 hours in, and I don't expect to beat it in less than 70 hours... And it's sooo good, even the things I questioned in the beginning (combat) are wonderful now. |
| Roma (on 11 December 2011) this sold 600K first week in USA. well thats what Nintendo said :P |
| JTurner82 (on 11 December 2011) I did some additional research and I saw that TP had, in its second week in Japan, totaled to approximately 183k in two weeks time. SS's second week drop may be nasty, but at least its LTD is above that of TP's second week so far. So it's not all doom and gloom. |
| JTurner82 (on 11 December 2011) I wouldn't say Japan's sales altogether are bad, but the second week IS low, no questions asked. Hopefully it'll still have legs, but that remains to be seen. At this point let's not press the panic button right now, OK? Give it time. America, though, no complaints. It's doing fine there. |
| JTurner82 (on 11 December 2011) "In the case of Skyward Sword it's tracking pretty similar to what Twilight Princess did when it was released, so Skyward Sword could at least be able to hit the 500k mark. Of course I wonder if because of Motion+ controls the game be too complicated for the Japanese audience which could hurt it's word of mouth." — LuigiDude. So it should still at least keep on going to approximately 300k, although I'm not sure how much further it will go. Still, it's not like the series will be TOTALLY dead in Japan; at least for the WiiU version they have an opportunity to make the controls less difficult and more simple. That and don't launch it in the beginning or near the end of the console's cycle. |
| JTurner82 (on 11 December 2011) Hmmm... second week total in Japan is a tad low; there's still time for it to leg out. Doing well overall, though. |
| dsage01 (on 11 December 2011) This needs to be adjusted up |
| Galvanizer (on 11 December 2011) And my comment below is talking about sales in North America alone. |
| Galvanizer (on 11 December 2011) SS being fastest selling Zelda is BS. TP on both Wii and GameCube sold nearly 1 million in the first week. |
| NintendoFanDj (on 10 December 2011) @gunslinger yeah that last dungeon kept me in for an hour although I dont hate it. |
| bazmeistergen (on 10 December 2011) About 0.5 million above Twilight Princess at the same stage |
 | gunslinger (on 10 December 2011) I HATE the last dungeon!!!!!!!! f'ing slide puzzle crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Galvanizer (on 09 December 2011) That's a fucking huge drop in Japan for the second week. Man, Zelda is just not epic level popular in Japan any more. |
| NintendoFanDj (on 09 December 2011) OH WOW this is gonna be enormous |
| Roma (on 09 December 2011) i hope it sells well :( i don't want to go back to buttons.... TT-TT |
| firelink (on 09 December 2011) Undertracked first week in US by 70k |
| acdcste (on 09 December 2011) Nothing wrong with 1.5 million after two weeks. |
| Pavolink (on 09 December 2011) 1.5M? Yes! It is doing very good! |
 | kopstudent89 (on 09 December 2011) @pezus It's been holding well in Germany and France and the Dutch charts |
| pezus (on 08 December 2011) Small drops in Europe. Not consistent with official European charts where it has dropped off very quickly |
 | megaman79 (on 07 December 2011) Well look, on the plus side you'll def. be expecting a Wii U port if this keeps going. |
 | ShadowSnake (on 07 December 2011) zelda |
| shadowii (on 07 December 2011) Considering right now it means its pace is better then last console in japan failure i dont agree, not as good as hoped yes, and if you havent noticed thats what i'm think about too |
| knocturnal2435 (on 07 December 2011) I'm not saying it's not, it's true that Twilight Princess did too, but it's worth mentioning. I'm hoping this pushes 150-200k a week through the holidays. It will undoubtably jump infront of WW's pace and well ahead of TP's pace. All in all, It will probably push 1.5-2 million in the United States by the end of the holidays, which isn't too bad. I'm more interested to see if it can bounce back in Japan. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 07 December 2011) Lord, I did do my research. Did you fail to make any mention to the fact that EVERY Zelda I listed pushed over 300k in its first week? You don't think that's a big market? Ignorant dude. Check the stats. Outside of Twilight Princess, which was a launch title, this moved less than any other Zelda in the history of Japan. You don't think thats a failure? |
| shadowii (on 07 December 2011) @knocturnal2435 that means so did twilight princess and it sold twice as much as wind waker |
| knocturnal2435 (on 07 December 2011) Now it officially falls behind the pace of Wind Waker. Wind Waker did 826k in its first two weeks (according to NPD) in comparison to Skyward Sword's 684k. |
| dsage01 (on 07 December 2011) Europe second week looks overtracked when looking at Pal charts week 47 |
| Salnax (on 07 December 2011) @bazmeistergen TP was a launch title, and had 5 years to sell its current amount. SS launched on a dying system, likely to be replaced in a matter of months. This may not be a true flop, but it is disappointing. |
| bazmeistergen (on 07 December 2011) Selling better than Twilight Princess. I think gloom is misplaced. |
| pezus (on 07 December 2011) @NintendoFanDj: No, they don't. The first week sales may be higher but it will sell way more in Europe overall |
| spurgeonryan (on 07 December 2011) europe is holding strong in sales though! |
| NintendoFanDj (on 07 December 2011) @Lord_Yggdrassil well at least they care about it more than Europe. |
| Lord_Yggdrassil (on 07 December 2011) @knocturnal2435 WTF are you talking about? JPN is the smallest market for Zelda not the biggest. Do some research dude. Japan doesn't care about Zelda. |
| ylowbstard (on 07 December 2011) NintendoFanDj - How will this game reach 4 million by the end of December? It's not going to happen. But this game deserves all the acclaim it has received such an awesome and refreshingly wholesome experience. |
 | bigjon (on 06 December 2011) I think it makes 5 million, I think the Wii's life span coming to an end here shortly will prevent it from passing TP (Wii+GC sales) |
 | Stefl1504 (on 06 December 2011) Stock is/was to low in my country (Austria) |
| NintendoFanDj (on 06 December 2011) By the end of December it will be 2.50-4.00 million sold. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 06 December 2011) Wow, 198k in Japan is a bomb. A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker all pushed over 300k in its first week. Even hand held installments, like Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks pushed over 300k in Japan. I know Twilight Princess moved just 146k in Japan opening week, but I figured that was because it was a launch title (plus, if you add the GCN numbers to it, it probably surpasses what Skyward Sword did). Not a good sign. Japan is one of the biggest markets for Zelda. |
| kopstudent89 (on 06 December 2011) I hope it picks up |
| Salnax (on 06 December 2011) Based on TP's sales, definately at least a 5 million seller, maybe 7 or 8 if this and the Wii leg well for the next few years. |
| Salnax (on 06 December 2011) Based on TP's sales, definately at least a 5 million seller, maybe 7 or 8 if this and the Wii leg well for the next few years. |
| NintendoPie (on 06 December 2011) First "week" already over 1 Million! :D |
| acdcste (on 06 December 2011) Over the 1m mark already. Not bad. |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 06 December 2011) yay, No 1 this week!!! : ) |
| NolSinkler (on 06 December 2011) I feel like this is poor. |
| pezus (on 06 December 2011) Or maybe just under 1m |
| pezus (on 06 December 2011) 1m+ FW! |
 | Red4ADevil (on 05 December 2011) Jeez the tracking on this is so broken. Fix it |
| Roma (on 05 December 2011) yeah 900k my ass |
 | Chrizum (on 05 December 2011) First week sales data for US is the final proof this site's preorder data is useless. |
| Roma (on 04 December 2011) first week of Europe isen't even in yet! lol thats just one day. i can't see my text so i hope this comes out right :p |
| Roma (on 04 December 2011) kjnkjn |
| Galvanizer (on 03 December 2011) SS being fastest selling Zelda is BS. TP on both Wii and GameCube sold nearly 1 million in the first week. |
| Galvanizer (on 03 December 2011) SS being fastest selling Zelda is BS. TP on both Wii and GameCube sold nearly 1 million in the first week. |
| Galvanizer (on 03 December 2011) SS being fastest selling Zelda is BS. TP on both Wii and CN sold nearly 1 million in the first week. |
| NintendoFanDj (on 03 December 2011) @Monges79 well it is the fastest selling zelda in US selling 530,000. Highest selling Zelda is Ocarina of Time. |
 | Conegamer (on 03 December 2011) 1mil FW is 'bad' now eh? |
 | Monges79 (on 03 December 2011) I think Skyward Sword will sell very well. It is a Zelda title and has great reviews, so you know it's going to move. It might not sell as much as previous Zeldas, but it will have good legs. Most good Nintendo games do. AND, Christmas is coming up. Know what I mean? So, relax and wait for the good numbers to come. |
| NintendoFanDj (on 03 December 2011) this should be already 1 million the sales aren't up yet so I wait |
| knocturnal2435 (on 02 December 2011) And WW did it on a system with 10-15 million users... SS did it on a system with 35-40 million users... With such a large user base, I expected BIG numbers. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 02 December 2011) Okay, it was through April 5th - Which means the Wind Waker moved 826,000 over a 12 day period (final 7 days of March and first 5 days of April) - That still being said - It still had 560,000 in pre-orders. A figure still greater than the Skyward Sword first week, and will have to push at least 300k in its second week to meet the Wind Wakers first two weeks. That being said, I still find plenty of discrepancy in Nintendo's report for it being the "fastest" selling Zelda ever. Ocarina of Time did 2.5 million in the USA in its first 39 days, that is a figure I doubt Skyward Sword will achieve (and if you need a link for that, I can get you one =) ). Ok, so sorry for getting nasty, but still... Look at the facts, and their clam looks questionable. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 02 December 2011) I'm kidding you? Than explain the NPD report for March 2003 for a Zelda game that was released on MARCH 24: http://general-forums.com/threads/march-npd-numbers-zedla-826-000.12454/. Check your facts first. That is a readily available NPD report stating that Wind Waker sold 826,000 copes in its seven day period for the month of March. Are are you going to say the previous NPD reports for GCN software have been falsified? I'd like Nintendo to explain how this could be the "best selling Zelda of all time" when Wind Waker had over 560,000 pre-orders (http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/adventure/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker/news/2912648/the-wind-waker-sets-preorder-records) - more than the entire first week total of Skyward Sword... Again CHECK YOUR FACTS. |
| Skyer888 (on 02 December 2011) You are stupid? What're going to combine? European sales are just covering 1-2 days - game released on November 18. Great numbers: Nintendo already said it's the fastest selling Zelda game in USA history, so dont kidding me with those WW and MM numbers, LOL. And of course it should have LEGS, long LEGS. |
| JTurner82 (on 02 December 2011) Proof: Combine the USA and Europe numbers with the Japanese launch of 295k, and you have an approximate first week of 920k. Worldwide! Commercial failure my rear! |
| JTurner82 (on 02 December 2011) You're joking, right? This game is ANYTHING but a commercial failure. The November NPD numbers haven't even come out yet, for crying out loud! And by the time they do, I'm sure the number will be much higher. A bomb? Seriously??! I think not; Nintendo has not said otherwise. So, no, the numbers aren't terrible. |
| knocturnal2435 (on 02 December 2011) TERRIBLE numbers. According to NPD, Wind Waker sold 826,000 in March 2003 (with only one week of sales) in the USA. Back in 2000, Majora's Mask launched alongside the PS2, at the end of October, and pushed 550,000. Twilight Princess was a launch title and sold over 400k+. Now, we have Skyward Sword, the long awaited title in the Zelda franchise, and it pushes 535k the week of Black Friday with 40 million Wii's on the market? Pitiful. It's a failure in my opinion. And this is coming from a die hard Zelda fan. Huge commercial failure. It will suffer from what Majora's Mask suffered from --> poor release date and a required add on alienating users. Nintendo dropped the ball marketing this one. |
| Quetzalcoatl (on 02 December 2011) That aren't sad numbers. Is a great game, but is not the "zelda that changes.." it ADD sword play, upgrade system, and other things but is not the ocarina of time of 2011. At the moment is climbing my personal Zelda pinnacle...but the shadow of a link to the past and ocarina, is hard to surpass..We need real changes and i think the corner is near. |
| Conegamer (on 02 December 2011) Looks like around 1mil FW. Not bad. |
| JTurner82 (on 02 December 2011) Oh yeah, the news is anything but sad. Case in point: TP cleared 716k worldwide on its first week. This is set to surpass that. |
| TheWordslinger (on 02 December 2011) Sad? It's the fastest selling game in the Zelda series - 'sad numbers', really? |
 | WiiBox3 (on 02 December 2011) These sale numbers are sad. I wasn't interested at first and thought the art style sucked, but I'm a Zelda Fan boy and I pick up a Zelda game no matter how it looks. ALttP has been my favorite in the series forever. I enjoyed OoT and WW. I thought TP was ok, but this game. It has a slow start, but this game is bringing back that warm feeling I had in my heart when playing the 8 & 16 bit Zelda games. This is one of the top five Zelda games I have played so far, I've only played about 5hours. The sword play is becoming fun as I am learning how to use it (And I wished TP didn't have waggle) |
| Quetzalcoatl (on 02 December 2011) @Michael: LOL thanks, i always liked and understand the changes of this site, but this time, i can see only a mess.. really.. i hope the final data can be more comprehensive, even if only estimated.. the rest of Americas is huge |
| Michael-5 (on 02 December 2011) quet - to VGC USA = Americas. Canada no longer exists :P No the website is still being updated. Terrible time to do it, but info for Canada and Latin America will be added when WW data comes in....If not, throw a rant! |
 | Christian973 (on 01 December 2011) The sales of this are all fucked up! Update this VGCHArtz! |
| JTurner82 (on 01 December 2011) Maybe, but this is still pretty good. If you look at the opening numbers for TP on both GC and Wii, you'll see that this number for USA is bigger than both. |
 | Arfen (on 01 December 2011) maybe with the numbers of whole america... |
| Quetzalcoatl (on 01 December 2011) i can't understand..534 in usa.. but the Americas ? And didn't Reggie says that it sold and became the fastest selling Zelda in its FIRST DAY ? |
| pezus (on 01 December 2011) ~950k-1m FW! |
| NintendoPie (on 01 December 2011) The Pre_order Charts were soooooo off D": |
| NintendoPie (on 01 December 2011) What?!?! Aww I was really hoping for it to sell 700K in the first week D: |
| kopstudent89 (on 01 December 2011) @Arfen The preorders were over estimated :( |
| Arfen (on 01 December 2011) but.. wait!! this has aroun 700k pre orders. no? |
| Arfen (on 01 December 2011) here are usa and europe numbers. but how many copies did it sold in the rest of america and other regions like australia etc...? |
| Salnax (on 01 December 2011) Looks like Week 1 will be aroun 900,000. Nothing wrong with that. |
| Galvanizer (on 01 December 2011) I really hope this sells over 1 million FW world wide. |
| JTurner82 (on 30 November 2011) Japan's OP day sales are better; clocking it at approximately 195k, close to the 200k mark. Better than OoT3D and TP though not as good as WW. Still, it shows that ZELDA still has a fanbase in Japan, even if it isn't as huge as in America. |
| think-man (on 30 November 2011) Wow I thought zelda was ment to be a big game, was expecting it to sell alot more. |
| NintendoPie (on 30 November 2011) Wow this did pretty good for only a few days after release in EU. Now to see the explosion of sales in America! ^_^ |
| cromeros (on 30 November 2011) Japan sales outsold European sales... :O... GOOD! |
| cromeros (on 30 November 2011) @shawn1995, because of the trolls who find it hard and it hurts apparently recognize that there have been great Wii games without ultra-realistic HD graphics ... Too bad ... However, for those who value other things besides beautiful graphics, games that are not first person shooter, the game is worth 9.5 or more ... For me it's a game of 10 ... :). Greetings! |
| shawn1995 (on 30 November 2011) Why the User Score dropped in two days from 9.7 to 8.8? |
| JTurner82 (on 29 November 2011) I don't think it's logistically possible for the game to clear that many units on its first week, but I'm sure Nintendo is satisfied with the sales either way. |
| Galvanizer (on 29 November 2011) Can't wait for the sales figures. I hope it sold over 1 million FW in NA and EU combined. |
| JTurner82 (on 29 November 2011) It also sold 165k in Japan on its first week. Not a huge number, but under the circumstances in that country, it's still a generally solid number, roughly on par with that of ZELDA OoT3D. Calm down guys, the game is a hit. |
| TheDarkBender (on 29 November 2011) 188642 FW in Europe? Not very high, but it should get higher later on. |
| Arfen (on 28 November 2011) 48k? those numbers are just for the game standalone version |
 | lurkerwithnosoul (on 28 November 2011) http://gonintendo.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=73483 |
| lurkerwithnosoul (on 28 November 2011) fast selling Zelda in the US already. It sold 535k there. :) |
 | oniyide (on 28 November 2011) wow NintyFanDJ, most of those IP are NOT new, not even close. It doesnt matter how long ago a game was made in the series its still not a new IP. Kid Icarus, PunchOUet, S&P, LM, GS are from prior gens. |
| NintendoFanDj (on 26 November 2011) @elmerFudd5 Uh Nintendo don't need new franchises because their current ones SELLS! Sony doesn't have but a few franchises taht Uncharted, Littlebig Planet, Gran Truismo, and God of War only sells and Microsoft IPs sells. The Newest Nintendo IPs are Kid Icarus, Punch Out, and Sin and Punishment are brand new now since they have two or three games since a decade or more late. Luigi Mansion, Nintendogs, Brain Training, Hotel Dusk, Elite Beat Agent, Xenosaga is now theirs, Steel Diver, Another Code, Endless Ocean, Golden Sun and Pikmin are new IPs for Nintendo. |
 | elmerFudd5 (on 25 November 2011) man i dun need to be hating not saying this game isnt cool, but nintendo really need to come up with some new franchises, their making new versions of games from over 20 years ago, next its gonna be "asteroids to the X" |
 | thetonestarr (on 24 November 2011) Easily the freshest thing in the Zelda world since Majora's Mask. Finally something that really changes the game! |
| JTurner82 (on 23 November 2011) FW Predictions: 855k America, 215k for Japan, and 300k for EMAA. |
 | KohlyKohl (on 21 November 2011) This game is so amazing. It blows every other Zelda out of the water. |
 | kingofbubba (on 20 November 2011) my wife was watching the game with me at the time and we were both laughing pretty good at that part |
| kingofbubba (on 20 November 2011) Great game so far! Although, those lines at the beginning about the "post-race activities with zelda" o.O were super hilarious/sexually awkward/really unfortunate! hahaha! :-D |
 | Faxanadu (on 20 November 2011) The game is ok so far (just finished the volcano). If nothing changes, it is a solid 8.5. |
| Faxanadu (on 20 November 2011) The game is ok so far (just finished the volcano). If nothing changes, it is a solid 8.5. |
| cromeros (on 20 November 2011) Masterpiece!!... :) |
| Conegamer (on 19 November 2011) Absolutely AMAZING so far! Everyone should play it! |
| NintendoFanDj (on 17 November 2011) AUS get it on the 24th that suck for people in your country. Although US get four days before at least it not December. |
 | LJELLZ (on 17 November 2011) cant wait but we dont get it til the 24th in Aus.. |
 | TWRoO (on 16 November 2011) My copy should be arriving tomorrow. |
| Arfen (on 15 November 2011) I have my copy!!! :D tomorrow day to play it |
| Mr.Ashtear (on 14 November 2011) It will probably reach the 800k pre-orders by next week, opening with something close to 1.3 million :D |
| NintendoFanDj (on 14 November 2011) Already have 691,562 right now 7 days left for more preorders then it should be higher than 750,000 that will make it reach 1M sales less than 5 days. Motion Plus will make sell more. Perhaps is will surpass Super Mario Galaxy 1 or Brawl it's lifetime if not more. |
| Nintendogamer (on 11 November 2011) I see 1M week one in America's and 800K US, 1.3M WW. |
| Pavolink (on 11 November 2011) Conegamer is too excited because he is being mentioned that he post double...again! |
| spurgeonryan (on 11 November 2011) Get the blue one on sale at walmart soon. |
| kopstudent89 (on 09 November 2011) OMG!!!! I NEED A WII FAST! |
| Conegamer (on 06 November 2011) I have lots of mentions here! I'm so happy! :-D |
| Conegamer (on 06 November 2011) I have lots of mentions here! I'm so happy! :-D |
| spurgeonryan (on 04 November 2011) So Conegamer (me as well) are thinking IGN will give it a 10 as well, along with Game Informer! |
| Pavolink (on 31 October 2011) Conegamer is too excited that he post double! |
| NintendoFanDj (on 24 October 2011) YAY 10 now Imma spam a 10 LOL joking |
| Pavolink (on 21 October 2011) Woah! Critic Score 10.0 !!!1! |
| spurgeonryan (on 21 October 2011) SEcond review is up! 10...10...10! ;) |
| Conegamer (on 20 October 2011) First review is up! 98%!!! http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=135719&page=1#10 |
| Conegamer (on 20 October 2011) First review is up! 98%!!! http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=135719&page=1#10 |
| cromeros (on 19 October 2011) In spanish... ¡¡¡JUEGAZO!!!... :) |
| NintendoFanDj (on 18 October 2011) This will be the only game I will probably playing until Wii U launch lets make it happen. |
 | IxisNaugus (on 11 October 2011) Put down my pre-order for the game and the gold Wiimote bundle recently. My body is ready. |
| Pavolink (on 05 October 2011) I hate this game because is not released yet >:( |
| cromeros (on 29 August 2011) American Box Art and Bundle!!!... Beautiful XD |
| spurgeonryan (on 24 June 2011) If you add any online all website and magazine critics will instantly give it a 10. |
| spurgeonryan (on 24 June 2011) Didn't someone say the rupees would actually matter this time around? For extra gameplay they should make it where the more rupees you get the more things you unlock. Get 100,000 rupees play the game as tingle, beat the game as tingle in 15 gaming hours and the moon doesn't crash into you. Get a million rupees play the game in a world of warcraft mode online with up to 5 others. or something like that. |
| Thechalkblock (on 23 June 2011) I'v been waiting since the Wii's launch for this game... It will not disappoint. |
 | mysticwolf (on 10 June 2011) That guy with the sideways hairdo looks like Matthew Patel from Scott Pilgrim VS. the World |
| Aidman (on 10 May 2011) it's coming..... |
| cromeros (on 04 May 2011) I want NOW!!!!... XD |
| spurgeonryan (on 11 February 2011) Im sure it will be great! But why cant Nintendo just once give everyone what they want? A Realistic Zelda online bad ass game! 3d monster hunter graphics pokemon with all the pokemons, play as multi characters, ogre battle path system, and more than one island. f zero wii, glover wii....wait forget that! |
| spurgeonryan (on 27 January 2011) It will sell like all the others unless they get online or multiplayer somehow? I dont know maybe have player two be navi or something? or you can play various bad guys who attack just any random link (human) while they are playin gonline. I dont know nintendo but something special would be nice! |
 | Spidey-RJ (on 01 January 2011) The new Zelda It is going to be as epic as it gets. |
| Aidman (on 03 December 2010) I am waiting ... |
| Pavolink (on 27 November 2010) D: please a new trailer |
| kopstudent89 (on 23 November 2010) 1st comment!!! No Hype whatsoever :/ |
