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MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#295626: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:10:01 AM

so i'm reading this GAF thread about declining Zelda sales and it's making me mad because no one knows what they're talking about and people are basically using it to make drive-by posts to say what they don't like about Zelda and pretend that that's the reason the games haven't sold as well and that they actually know anything about the industry

help me be happy again guys

edited 28th Jul '14 10:10:33 AM by MacDuffy

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#295627: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:10:47 AM

have you seen the latest jojo chapter yet

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#295629: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:15:31 AM

i'm not on the more recent parts yet and agh those identical faces

@trip: there is still hope

but seriously though

this guy basically debunked the whole thread by posting a chart of sales and pointing out the consistency and that there is no pattern of decline

and people are basically ignoring it

even with an assload of dudes going "look at this fucking chart already"

this thread is 13 pages long like holy fucking shit

edited 28th Jul '14 10:17:57 AM by MacDuffy

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#295630: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:17:52 AM

If it's been debunked, then just ignore it. Try not to drown in the Internet's stupidity.

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#295631: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:19:37 AM

power through it

we have reached this part's Bizarre Ordinary Fight

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#295633: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:23:26 AM

oh god i have to put an artist to everyone's songs

kill me

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#295634: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:24:11 AM

it is so hard

and it's a series i love so much

the whole crux of their argument is that the three most recent Zelda games have less sales numbers than Zelda games of the past

which is true, admittedly

but there are very easily explainable reasons as to why

spirit tracks is a handheld Zelda game, those obviously do not sell as much as console Zeldas

skyward sword was released on the very tail end of the wii's lifespan when everyone was basically done with motion controls. requiring a peripheral doesn't exactly help either

a link between worlds hasn't even been out for a year, of fucking course it's not currently going to have the sales numbers of Zelda games that have been out for several years. adding onto the fact that it is a handheld Zelda game in a time when the handheld market is nowhere near as strong as it used to be

none of these have anything to due with the series being "stale" or "not appealing to core gamers anymore," you fucking chodes.

edited 28th Jul '14 10:24:48 AM by MacDuffy

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#295635: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:24:45 AM

[up][up][1]

[up][2]

edited 28th Jul '14 10:25:54 AM by Rivux

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#295636: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:26:19 AM

duff

want the megas xlr soundtrack

REGGIE'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE

edited 28th Jul '14 10:27:30 AM by ChrissieMcNapkins

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#295637: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:27:12 AM

[up][up] CLAMP

FUCKING AAAAAAAGH

[up] yes

give me music to fuel my rage

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#295638: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:28:59 AM

i don't know what this CLAMP is

but i see an english translation waiting to be read

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#295639: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:29:03 AM

here

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#295641: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:31:42 AM

and Zelda U is just going to further reinforce their garbage ideas

because the Wii U is Dreamcast 2

there is no way Zelda U is going to sell the monster numbers of older Zeldas

edited 28th Jul '14 10:32:01 AM by MacDuffy

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#295642: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:33:18 AM

duff, you need to

edited 28th Jul '14 10:34:20 AM by Rivux

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#295643: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:37:39 AM

no

no i will never let go

i will keep a vicegrip on this shithead's neck and continue to violently throttle it until he stops comparing Zelda games to Souls games

they are completely different kinds of games you fucking dunce

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#295644: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:38:12 AM

duff go to sleep

dead devotion
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#295645: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:39:00 AM

wait souls as in soul caliber?

MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#295646: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:39:13 AM

it is 1 in the afternoon

[up] no

souls as in dick souls

edited 28th Jul '14 10:39:28 AM by MacDuffy

Imca (Veteran)
#295647: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:41:19 AM

A link between worlds hasn't even been out for a year, of fucking course it's not currently going to have the sales numbers of Zelda games that have been out for several years. adding onto the fact that it is a handheld Zelda game in a time when the handheld market is nowhere near as strong as it used to be

Not as true as you would like it to be Duffy, over 70% of a games sales over its entire lifespan occur within the first month after release, so much so that they normally don't get tracked by that point.

Sure the long tail is there, but its honestly not worth considering unless the sales are within about 10% of the other comparable games.

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#295648: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:41:42 AM

take a nap

dead devotion
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#295649: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:43:39 AM

oh

oh

well

they're both games that you run around killing dudes?

and the second zelda game is hard so

zelda ripped off From confirmed

anyway what is latias and latios even based on

MobileLeprechaun (: from Grayrock, TX Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
(:
#295650: Jul 28th 2014 at 10:45:29 AM

Latias is a girl airplane and Latios is a boy airplane.

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