Weekly Viz 2023-05-15
Zelda Main Series Sales
I have been spending most of my time (outside eating and sleeping) in Hyrule last weekend :) Many people have been expecting the game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of Kingdom for a long time, and now, after 6 years since the release of Breath of the Wild, we got this amazing new game of the Zelda series. I have been constantly amazed by how innovative one could be in this game. Therefore, this week, I am visualizing the sales of Zelda main series games.
My Visualization
This visualization is very simple – bubbles along the timeline, representing each game release, with the size indicating the total sales units.
Please notice that all the visualizations are designed for desktop view, so it is recommended to view them on a desktop device.
Insights
- Breath of the Wild, released in 2017 on Switch and Wii U, is the best seller of Zelda main series so far, with a total of 30.7 million units sold;
- According to news report, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of Kingdom was released on 05/12/2023, and it’s already the 8th best-selling Zelda game of all time even after just a few days. With a larger than ever Switch user base now, I think it’s very likely that Tears of the Kingdom will eventually took the 1st place in sales units :)
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