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Horizon Zero Down and Breath of The Wild coming the same week. Will Horizon suffers ?
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Funny for the one original post . Give this shit up already
Shambalakan
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Scores and Metacritic: Maybe
Sales: No
Sales: No
GlamFM
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On 2 different platforms with little cross-over.
piccio_ssl
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As an owner of a PS4, Wii U and soon Switch, I'm not really sure about that. If Horizon is any good, I will certainly buy and thoroughly enjoy it. The only constraint is my free time, which probably will push my purchase of Horizon to a later moment. While the games might be distinct from each other, I still feel like they share some similarities which might attract people who like the other game.
Jawbreaker
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They'll both be fine.
I will. Nintendo gamer with PS4 as secondary console here. But I will get Horizon eventually.
herminihildo
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Horizon will do fine. There is already a huge userbase for this game.
Post-release coverage, on the other hand, well that depends on how well the game will be received cause it will compete against a console launch.
Post-release coverage, on the other hand, well that depends on how well the game will be received cause it will compete against a console launch.
Besides the mentioned obvious difference of userbases, BotW is going to be an evergreen title that sells all year long, I expect most new Switch owners throughout the year will pick up Zelda. So it's not like changing the release date would help HZD if it was negatively affected by Zelda(which it won't be).
Wiitardation
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Horizon will get a price drop, Zelda won't. I'm not waiting any longer to play Zelda, Horizon can wait.
Roufianos
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Joke thread?
First of all, Zelda is hardly a sales titan.
Secondly, it's releasing on a hybrid that nobody owns and a console that next to nobody owns.
Thirdly, they're completely different audiences.
Horizon is going to sell 5-7 million which is a lot more than Zelda will.
That's not to say Zelda won't be a much better game but I'm not splashing out £270 for the privilege to play it.
First of all, Zelda is hardly a sales titan.
Secondly, it's releasing on a hybrid that nobody owns and a console that next to nobody owns.
Thirdly, they're completely different audiences.
Horizon is going to sell 5-7 million which is a lot more than Zelda will.
That's not to say Zelda won't be a much better game but I'm not splashing out £270 for the privilege to play it.
farmerboy
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Yes, Zelda isn't a sales titan anymore, but keep your expectations in check, Mass Effect 3 sold 6 million on multiple platforms, Horizon needs good reception and decent legs in order to sell ~6 million.
I think 4 million is more realistic, maybe it can reach 6 after a few years of PSN flash sales.
Some Nobody
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If you don't own a Wii U, Zelda is a $360 purchase. The same can be said if you don't own a PS4, but at 50+ million and counting, you're far more likely to have one than the other.
Horizon will be half the price in couple of months time, I'd imagine plenty of people will wait on it anyway considering how quickly AAA games drop at the moment.
I don't think Zelda will affect it as much as the crowd of high-profile PS4 games all releasing in the next few weeks will- some of which people are going to wait on.
I don't think Zelda will affect it as much as the crowd of high-profile PS4 games all releasing in the next few weeks will- some of which people are going to wait on.
Stillmatic
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If they were both on the same platform, can't say for sure but maybe. But they're not, so the answer is no.
Im_So_Pringles
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The overlap of people who might be getting both will be so insignificant that it won't make a difference.
Rambone
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I agree with this quite a bit.
I didn't realize they were coming out so close.
I'm weirdly interested in Horizon despite it being a game I generally would hate, probably I just really like the idea of robot dinosaurs.
Going to play Zelda though just because I'm buying the Switch, I may as well use the damn thing.
I'm weirdly interested in Horizon despite it being a game I generally would hate, probably I just really like the idea of robot dinosaurs.
Going to play Zelda though just because I'm buying the Switch, I may as well use the damn thing.
GarciaHotspur
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5-7 million for Horizon ? Really ? Please...
LoserMakesGood
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I don't know, I think they should bump it to the 21st just to be safe. Or the 14th, or just release it now would be good.
Different user bases. WiiU/Switch owners that also have a PS4 are likely to hold off on Horizon depending on reviews in my opinion.
I know I'll be Zeldaing and Snipperclipping and given that Horizon is a single player primarily means that I don't mind waiting for a price cut next year during the post Christmas lull.
Can't see sales for Horizon being massively affected though.
I know I'll be Zeldaing and Snipperclipping and given that Horizon is a single player primarily means that I don't mind waiting for a price cut next year during the post Christmas lull.
Can't see sales for Horizon being massively affected though.
OrbitalBeard
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That's not really the main issue with his post. It's that he thinks Zelda will sell significantly less than that, which is funny.
DirgeExtinction
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Considering I don't have a Wii U, nor will I be buying a Switch any time soon, I'm getting Horizon. Most of my gaming friends don't own a Wii U. Though, to be fair, they're also oddly addicted to Ark...
Napalm_Frank
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Guerilla might as well close the shop already.
Resistance100
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I'll be getting Horizon at a later date now because of Zelda. But no way am I missing out on it
Skyward Sword has a console base of 104m and sold 2.4m globally...
Dark-Cloudz
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Really? I'm one.
I'll be shelving/not buying Horizon for about a month, whilst I play Zelda. I don't have the time for both.
So there's at least one of us.
OrbitalBeard
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Skyward Sword sold 3.76 million units during its first six months of release. I don't believe we have updated numbers beyond that, which was half a decade ago. BotW is also is far more anticipated game than SS ever was.
geordiemp
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Will anyone buy the switch outside Japan ? Joking...BUT Allot of people buying Horizon in West outside specialist forums will probably not even know what Switch is.
BOTW relies heavily on Nostalgia from its fanbase, it looks washed out and poor graphics which spawns well spaced 3-5 enemies at a time and empty like most open worlds. Have yet to see many things on the screen so it looks empty.
Maybe Horizon will be similarly barren. We wait.
DirgeExtinction
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According to this site, if it's accurate, only three mainline Zelda title have crossed the 5mil sales mark. So it's not really out of the realm of possibility that BotW could sell around 3-5 million.
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