People really, really love The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The Switch exclusive currently has one of the highest Metacritic scores of all time, indicating that it has been a huge success with critics, and the latest UK book sales data seems to show that consumers have also been smitten by this sequel.
As reported by Gamesindustry.biz, Tears of the Kingdom has smashed Hogwarts Legacy’s record as the biggest boxing game launch of 2023 in the UK, doing so with a further 50% more copies sold. Unsurprisingly, this has also cemented the game as the biggest Zelda launch in UK history, with more than 2.7 times the opening sales of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Similarly, Tears of the Kingdom is already the eighth biggest Zelda game of all time in the UK, and when looking at revenue alone, the game is also the fourth biggest Zelda game of all time in the country.
Looking at copies shipped, Tears of the Kingdom falls behind Pokémon Scarlet/Violet as the biggest Switch launch of all time in the UK, but beats Game Freak’s bid to be the biggest Switch launch ever in the UK in terms of revenue.
As for the boxes of the week, Zelda takes the top spot, followed by Hogwarts Legacy, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, FIFA 23, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe, Dead Island 2, Super Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Minecraft Legends making up the rest of the list.
2023-05-15 07:35:16
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