Nintendo can rub their hands. his new game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom it is not only a critical success, but above all it promises to be a commercial success. At Tech&Co, Fnac says it sold 120,000 copies last Sunday night. Most are pre-orders (84,000), the rest are sales or orders that came into the hands of players on Sunday.
Therefore, the figure should grow rapidly in the coming days. For Fnac-Darty, this weekend is better than expected, as the group was already anticipating significant sales (110,000 copies), already making it one of the biggest game releases for Fnac.
Towards a record for Nintendo?
It is true that the game FIFA23, which breaks records every year, last year sold 300,000 copies in its first weekend. But the game is available on multiple consoles, unlike Zelda, and it comes out around the holiday season. Micromania, another big player in sales in France, did not want to communicate its sales figures for this first weekend of operation.
Waited for six years by fans, the new Zelda received triumphant reviews from specialized sites. According to analysts, Nintendo could achieve one of its best global sales in many years. The record is currently held by mario kart 8 deluxe with 52 million copies sold worldwide.
Source: BFM TV
