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Legend of Zelda game sells 10 million copies in three days

time：2023-06-05 14:04:01 source：Al Jazeera

Legend of Zelda game sells 10 million copies in three days

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By Tom GerkenTechnology reporter

Nintendo has announced its latest game in the Zelda series has consequentlyld more than 10 million copies in just three days.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had become the fastest-selling Zelda game consequently far, it said.

For compariconsequentlyn, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - the highest-rated game on gaming-aggregator Metacritic - consequentlyld 7.4 million copies over its entire run.

Tears of the Kingdom was released as a Nintendo Switch exclusive on Friday.

And it has already consequentlyld more copies than any other Zelda game except Breath of the Wild, to which it is a sequel.

Breath of the Wild, released on both Switch and Wii U in 2017, consequentlyld almost 30 million units, according to Statista.

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Meanwhile, 2022 Game Awards prize-winner Elden Ring had consequentlyld an estimated 20.5 million units as of March 2023. But the fantasy game, made by the developers of successful role-playing series Dark Souls, was released on many conconsequentlyles, spanning the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and even PC.
Tears of the Kingdom has alconsequently become 2023's massivgest physical video-game launch in the UK, according to Gamessector.biz, selling twice as many physical copies as Hogwarts Legacy.
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