Zelda Tears of the Kingdom: Sales explode in France, famine imminent

Like many players, you may have succumbed to Princess Zelda’s call by jumping into The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom on Friday, May 12, 2023. The new game in Nintendo’s cult epic was eagerly awaited by players around the world.

And it is clear that they warmly welcomed him. New Switch exclusive features in France surpassed 500,000 sales in just a few days. And again, it should be noted that these figures include only the physical sales of the game in stores or e-commerce sites.

Regarding sales in digital format, Nintendo has always preferred to remain silent. and never disclosed their performance. If we play the comparison game, FIFA 23 has proven itself in France, selling 420,000 copies in its first week at the end of 2022. However, globally, numbers have reached stratospheric levels with more than 10 million copies sold.

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Zelda is a hit in France, Fnac expects a shortage

Again, Zelda doesn’t have to blush in front of the round ball mastodon. Rightfully so, the endless queues appearing on Twitter in front of French retailers clearly showed the public’s enthusiasm for the BigN title. As our colleagues at Le Figaro reminded us, a few Fnac or Micromania shops decided will open its doors on Thursday at midnight on the occasion. And according to player memory, we haven’t seen that in years.

“On Friday alone, we sold 100,000 copies of Zelda, including 80,000 pre-orders. This is a historic level for Fnac. We were on 117,000 sales on Saturday evening and crossed 120,000 on Sunday through our website”, Charlotte Massicault, the cultural landmark’s multimedia and video game director, explains in a column for the newspaper.

However, if you haven’t checked yet, it’s likely The game is out of stock in the coming weeks. In any case, that’s what Fnac’s chairman guessed, who’s waiting? A famine until the end of May 2023. “Nintendo is doing its best, but challenges are expected”, provides. If we’re still waiting for sales figures in the United States and Japan, last Zelda had a record start with our British neighbors, selling 200,000 games over the weekend.