Tears Of The Kingdom Has Sold 1 Million Copies At Retail In France

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has reached another sales milestone and has sold 1 million copies at retail stores in France. A French news website, Lefigaro, initially shared the news. @Pierre485, a reputable X account that tracks video game sales, translated and posted the information detailing the title’s sales records.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has sold over 1m units at retail in France. pic.twitter.com/E3bKtAmUqF

— Pierre485 (@pierre485_) November 1, 2023

The predecessor of the title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild, did well in retail and digital sales. The entry sold over 392,207 physical units and 1.28 million digital copies. Furthermore, it is also stated that it’s likely that Nintendo Switch might surpass 8 million sales by next year.

Its predecessor, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, sold 392.207 copies at retail in 2017.
The game is over 1.28m as of 2021.
So TOTK might pass it by the end of 2023.

The Nintendo Switch is also expected to surpass 8m units early next year.

Via https://t.co/xQDFfr4Rc8 pic.twitter.com/3kqANyRSlA

— Pierre485 (@pierre485_) November 1, 2023

The digital sales of the tiles are expected to have crossed 1.5 million units. Nintendo collects separate sales data for digital and retail sales. Digital sales are expected to be higher than physical sales of a title. However, it’s rare for a title to cross 1 million physical sales. Other than Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Only five titles other than FIFA have crossed this threshold. 

• Grand Theft Auto V
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
• Call of Duty: World War 2
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Animal Crossing: New Horizon

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released on May 13, 2023, exclusively launching for Nintendo Switch. Near its release, the title sold almost half a million physical copies at retail stores. In our review of the RPG, eXputer rated it 4.5/5, calling it an almost perfect game.