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Hogwarts Legacy has officially cleared Zelda as 2023's best-selling game worldwide (www.videogameschronicle.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't get the whole "this game isn't even good, there's no way it was the best selling game of the year without rightoids overwhelmingly buying it simply to own the libs" idea when year after year after year the best selling games are Call of Duty X+1, Madden X+1, and FIFA X+1

A game doesn't need to be good to be popular, and I'd bet probably 99% of the owners are just normal people who aren't even aware of the controversy

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

Right, but COD is good. Good in the sense that it's been refined over the years to give gamers the ultimate fast paced arcade FPS experience. The controls are tight and responsive, and the game is easy to understand. It's essentially one of the hallmarks of the genre. But yes, the political controversy surrounding the game was above and beyond the controversy surrounding yearly COD releases. The sales numbers speak for themselves.