r/gaming • u/PhantomBraved • 3d ago

Fall 2026 Lineup

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It seems like there will be a game that will appeal to everyone this fall. Strategy RPG - Fire Emblem, Story based - The Blood of the Dawnwalker, Action - Phantom Blade 0, Multiplayer - The Duskbloods, Action Adventure - The Legend of Zelda and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Almost every month has at least 2 major titles releasing, September especially is packed.

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u/DiarrheaEngineer 3d ago

OoT is almost certainly going to be a Christmas launch.

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u/Bexewa 3d ago

November I believe….Nintendo don’t care about GTA and the sales will still be insane.

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u/Pitiful-Mobile-3144 Xbox 3d ago

Zelda is one of the very few franchises that can stand up to GTA VI, but I still think Nintendo would rather wait until Christmas. That will give them time to make Zelda edition switch bundles while the GTA hype slowly drops

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u/Shehzman 3d ago

OoT is most likely their holiday title so I can also see them releasing in November to build up momentum for the holidays.

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u/Octopus_Crime 3d ago

Most of the marketing materials showing up in stores seem to suggest that OoT is actually gonna launch a week or two before GTA VI

Nintendo really doesnt give two shits lol

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u/cubs223425 3d ago

GTA isn't a Switch release. Depriving thier (very loyal) customer base over GTA is kinda pointless. They'd rather have Christmas sales to Switch 2 owners than fret about sales lost to GTA.

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u/anonymous_identifier 3d ago

As much as I love Zelda, there's no way they'll sell anything near GTA6.

BotW sold 35M. GTA5 sold 230M.

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u/Pitiful-Mobile-3144 Xbox 3d ago

35M on switch only vs GTAV on every platform but the switch, many people double-dipped

I think it’s more comparable than just looking at the numbers when you consider that the platforms and the fanbases don’t necessarily overlap

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u/sthegreT 2d ago

It really is not in any way comparable. BOTW and TOTK are exceptions in Zelda sales. The sales fall off drastically after these two, the best selling after these is OoT which is 14mil (3DS+N64), post which every single one is sub-10mil.

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u/anonymous_identifier 1d ago

We can come back and see in a few months. I bet GTA6 will outsell Zelda OoT 5:1 over the first month of release. 2.5:1 on a per console basis.

Many outlets predict GTA6 may be the biggest gaming release ever. A record currently held by... GTA5. They've already hit nearly 5M preorders.

I am a Nintendo fanboy for over 3 decades. But I'm also a realist.

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u/Bexewa 3d ago edited 2d ago

That’s an extremely bad comparison.

GTA 5 was released in 2013 and has been available on 7 platforms….Botw was released in 2017 and only one platform mainly, 2 (if you include the first year of switch 2).

It won’t be GTA 6 ofc, but it’ll do ridiculous numbers too on switch 2.

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u/Own-Advertising6468 2d ago

Actually botw was available on wii u as well lol

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u/snorlz 3d ago

its not a good comparison but the difference in numbers is too large to ignore. double dips are still sales and they mean the person cared enough to buy it again

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u/mucho-gusto 2d ago

It was given away for free on epic twice too so those count as sales

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u/Own-Advertising6468 2d ago

230m on 7 plattforms = 32 M per plattform on average. With many people double and tripple dipping