13th March 2003, 9:28 AM
Wow, and they called those pre-orders? Good old Sony. As EB is one of the bigest videogame stores, I would say it's a big deal when they claim teh Zelda pre-order is the biggest they ever had. Maybe there's a chance that everyone went to EB to pre-order Zelda and everyone went to Walmart to pre-order Vice City (exacgeration, of course) so we can't know for certain that Zelda is the most pre-ordered game ever. Not that it really matters, the point is it's doing well so far. I do think that is almost entirely due to the OoT disc, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are more pre-orders than first week sales. There will probably be some people who considered $15 a good price for OoT, and that was all they wanted. You would have to be a fool to pass up on a NEW Zelda game for only $35, but the world is full of fools. :)
But it's a good start, and hopefully this will get word of mouth going. The game does indeed rule, if you can get past the initial shock of the graphics.
But it's a good start, and hopefully this will get word of mouth going. The game does indeed rule, if you can get past the initial shock of the graphics.