legend of zelda breath of the wild copies sold
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Breath of the Wild broke sales records for a Nintendo launch game in multiple regions.[133][134] In Japan, the Switch and Wii U versions sold a combined 230,000 copies in the first week of release, with the Switch version becoming the top-selling game released that week.[135] In the UK, Breath of the Wild was the second-bestselling retail game its week of release behind Horizon Zero Dawn, and became the third-bestselling Zelda game behind Wind Waker and Twilight Princess.[136][137] In the United States, Breath of the Wild was the second-bestselling video game during its month of release behind Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.[138] Nintendo reported that Breath of the Wild sold more than one million copies in the US that month, 925,000 of which were for Switch - a 100% attach rate.[139][140][141][142] That month, Nintendo reported it had sold 3.84 million copies of Breath of the Wild worldwide, 1.08 million for Wii U and 2.76 million for Switch, surpassing the Switch's global sales of 2.74 million for the same period.[143] Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima said that the attach rate of Breath of the Wild to the Switch was "unprecedented".[144] By June 2018, the Switch version had sold 9.32 million copies,[145] and the Wii U version 1.5 million, for a total of 10.82 million, making Breath of the Wild the best-selling Zelda game.[146] By September 2018, the Switch version reached 10.28 million copies sold.[147]