• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It is not surprising to see an older game continue to sell a lot, especially a child/family oriented game, on a child/family oriented console. A game with basically no real competition in its category.

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      1 year ago

      It is surprising every time a game sells this many copies, because it’s so rare. By Wikipedia’s count, only 5 other games have sold better, and for the length of time it’s been on the sales chart, we can realistically only compare its success to GTA V and Minecraft.

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        1 year ago

        You’re right, that is a really incredible run. I think their just digging their heels in and being a contrarian because they want to stand by their hot take that journalism is bad now.