Nintendo released a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2 last week. The game sold 5.2 million copies worldwide in its first four days on sale, making it the best-selling Switch 2 game across that timespan. Nintendo's figures include both digital and physical copies, and the company suggests 5.2 million is rounding down.
The original N64 version sold 1 million copies in its first week and reached 7.6 million copies worldwide over its lifetime. The Switch 2 remake has sold 70 percent as many copies as the original ever did in 0.5 percent of the time. With three more days remaining in its first week on sale, the remake appears likely to match the N64 version's lifetime sales.
The N64 had sold 32.93 million units across its entire lifetime. The Switch 2 had sold 26.35 million units after a year and a half on the market. The figures highlight a shift in audience behavior toward games, with far bigger up-front spikes and more diminishing tails compared to the 1998 release.