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It's amusing that Breath of the Wild has sold more than the system it runs on. Ars Technica had an article on that. [1] And it's not because of the Wii U version (those are counted separately).

[1] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/04/why-zelda-breath-of-t...

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> Some tourists and importers could be buying region-free copies of Breath of the Wild to use on Switch consoles they bought in other countries, but that doesn't seem like it would be all that common.

Oh, you'd be surprised. Since Nintendo officially left Brazil, all copies sold here are imported that way.

For me one of the biggest selling points is that it is the first home console that isn't region locked.

The PS3 wasn't region locked except for Strangelhold (because there was also a movie on the disc) and Persona 4 Arena because???

The Apple TV 4 isn't region-locked either, and is probably the easiest one to have games from multiple regions on. I have games and apps from both the US and JP iTunes stores side by side on my home screen.

Most likely theory, IMO: people preordered Zelda for the discount (BB and AMZN offer like 20 percent off MSRP), expecting to nab a Switch later, but later hasn't yet arrived. Based on ebay sales rates, maybe soonish.

Yes .. the early discounts on games explains it. Very odd from the typical way discounting happens on XBox, etc. Typical games lose value a month or two after release. Nintendo crap either stays the same, or goes up in value because of lack of availability.

two points of anecdotal evidence: i bought a special edition to preserve and a retail version that i'm playing. my brother-in-law bought a switch retail version but is playing a wii u digital download.

Preserve it for what exactly?

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