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The story
A comparison of country-by-country Amazon bestseller rankings for the “Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” remake and “Grand Theft Auto VI” set off a lively debate on 5ch’s hardware/industry (geha) board. According to the posted figures, Ocarina of Time sits at No. 5 and GTA6 at No. 30 in the US, and Ocarina of Time leads at No. 2 in Japan — but in the UK and Germany, GTA6 comes out ahead, with results varying wildly by country. Some pointed out that differences in digital-download ratios and the timing of when sales get reflected in the rankings might explain the gap, and the thread split over which title could really be called the winner.
What people said
The 🐷 started this story, didn't they?
Bring it next year, seriously.
I checked, and in the US it's Ocarina of Time at No. 5, GTA at No. 30 (´・ω・`)
Ocarina of Time is insane
Still No. 5 a whole month later?
GTA peaked at No. 5 and dropped out fast
The only places GTA is competing with or beating Ocarina of Time on the Amazon ranking are the UK and developing countries — that's the usual pattern
Also, on an online-only retailer like Amazon, a code-in-a-box format isn't really at a disadvantage, since only customers who already have an internet connection shop there
At brick-and-mortar stores, a lot more customers have weak internet access, so the situation's different
In the US
Zelda's at No. 5
GTA6's at No. 30
so Zelda's crushing it
Probably the UK
The UK's numbers are always weak like this
Apparently Switch titles take over a week longer to show up in the rankings there than in the rest of Europe
Ocarina of Time is insane
Still No. 5 a whole month later?
GTA peaked at No. 5 and dropped out fast
At least on US Amazon, Ocarina of Time is clearly outselling it
Yeah, it's the UK
Well, GTA better win at least there
France: Ocarina of Time No. 2, Wolverine No. 12, Fire Emblem No. 23, GTA (not sold)
UK: GTA No. 10, Ocarina of Time No. 11, Wolverine No. 15, Fire Emblem No. 36
Germany: Ocarina of Time No. 6, GTA No. 9
Spain: Ocarina of Time No. 4, GTA No. 19, Wolverine No. 22, Fire Emblem No. 33
Lol, GTA6's losing
Can't even make excuses since they launched at the same time
Outside the UK it's not even close
What's even going on in France?
Quit kicking it while it's down
Maybe the Switch 2 really is in trouble
Are you saying GTA6, which is neck-and-neck with it, is also a flop?
Switch 2's install base doesn't even reach that scale to begin with
GTA6 is supposed to sell 50 million on day one, and it's struggling to keep pace with a Zelda title whose ceiling is like 30 million total — is that really okay?
Uh, hold on—
weren't you guys just bragging about 50 million in the first week?
"Will the series' latest entry, Grand Theft Auto VI, hit first-week sales of around 50 million units? A market research firm releases a sales forecast based on pre-order data"
https://doope.jp/2026/07168184.html
"Eventually," lol
A once-in-13-years, $2 billion-budget blockbuster, and the best you've got is "it'll eventually outsell a mere remake"?
lmaooo
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Amazon’s “bestseller ranking” is a snapshot of pre-order and purchase activity at a given moment — not a measure of actual units sold. As pointed out in the thread, Switch titles tend to have a high ratio of digital downloads, and the timing of when sales get reflected in the rankings differs by country, which is why a region like the UK can see its ranking diverge from what’s actually happening in stores. GTA6 is a blockbuster that, as of a July 2026 market survey, was forecast to sell on the order of 50 million units in its first week alone — which makes judging it purely by a momentary Amazon ranking a somewhat lopsided comparison to begin with. The thread’s disagreement came down to the fact that some countries, like the US and Japan, favored Ocarina of Time, while others, like the UK and Germany, favored GTA6 — so the conclusion changes entirely depending on whose numbers you take as the baseline. It’s not really a topic that can be settled with a simple “who won.”
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (hardware/industry, or “geha”) thread “[Sad News] Ocarina of Time Remake Gets Overtaken by GTA6.”
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