{"id":75424,"date":"2023-09-16T01:45:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T00:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/featured-news\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-strong-sales-continue-months-after-launch-us\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T01:45:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T00:45:51","slug":"zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-strong-sales-continue-months-after-launch-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=75424","title":{"rendered":"Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom’s Strong Sales Continue Months After Launch (US)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been an absolutely huge part of Nintendo’s software and hardware success in 2023, and this trend continued in the month of August in the US.<\/p>\n

As highlighted by Circana (via video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella), Tears of the Kingdom actually moved up a spot in the “top 20 best-selling premium games” for August 2023, going from seventh to sixth place.<\/p>\n

Madden NFL 24<\/strong> debuted in the top spot, with FromSoftare’s new Armored Core<\/strong> game just below this and Remnant II in third place. Apart from Zelda, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also managed to crack the top 10 in the charts, and Pikmin 4 dropped from sixth to 11th place in August.<\/p>\n

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It’s worth noting the digital sales of the Nintendo titles are not factored in, so they could be a lot more popular than this chart suggests. As we get closer to the holiday period, Tears of the Kingdom is likely to continue to sell incredibly well in the US.<\/p>\n

As for hardware, sales fell by 13% year over year to $328 million and the Switch had a bit of a slump itself during August:<\/p>\n

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Mat Piscatella:<\/strong> “Video game hardware spending fell 13% when compared to a year ago, to $328 million. PlayStation 5 dollar sales fell by a single-digit percentage in the month when compared to a year ago, while both Switch and Xbox Series declined by a double-digit percentage…PlayStation 5 was the best-selling hardware platform in both unit and dollar sales during August 2023, with Xbox Series ranking 2nd across both measures.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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