[Japan] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Sales data for the two guide books [Update: 5th week]
Update: this page is no longer updated. As of October 13th, sales of Guide Books can be found in the weekly video game sales posts (check out this page!).
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On September 1st, not one but two guide books for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom were released in Japan: the Perfect Guide (by Famitsu) and the Complete Guide (by Dengeki). And in this post, you will find all relevant sales data for those two guide books, courtesy of Oricon!
Total sales
As of September 24th, the two books have sold:
- Perfect Guide: 50,375 units sold
- Complete Guide: 26,921 units sold
- Total: 77,296 units sold
Week 5
During the 5th week, the sales for the two guide books were as follows:
- Perfect Guide: 3,132 units sold, did not rank in the BOOK rankings (Top 30), and #2 in the Guide Book rankings
- Complete Guide: 1,488 units sold, did not rank in the BOOK rankings (Top 30), and ranked #4 in the Guide Book rankings
Source: Oricon
Week 4
During the 4th week, the sales for the two guide books were as follows:
- Perfect Guide: 4,552 units sold, did not rank in the BOOK rankings (Top 30), and #2 in the Guide Book rankings
- Complete Guide: 2,125 units sold, did not rank in the BOOK rankings (Top 30), and ranked #3 in the Guide Book rankings
Week 3
During the third week, the sales for the two guide books were as follows:
- Perfect Guide: 6,582 units sold, #11 in the BOOK rankings, and #2 in the Guide Book rankings
- Complete Guide: 3,282 units sold, did not rank in the BOOK rankings (Top 30), and ranked #3 in the Guide Book rankings
Week 1 and Week 2
During launch week, the sales for the two guide books were as follows:
- Perfect Guide: 21,923 units sold, #4 in the BOOK rankings, and #1 in the Guide Book rankings
- Complete Guide: 12,335 units sold, #5 in the BOOK rankings, and #2 in the Guide Book rankings
Sales remained quite strong during the second week, as you can see:
- Perfect Guide: 14,186 units sold, #4 in the BOOK rankings, and #1 in the Guide Book rankings
- Complete Guide: 7,691 units sold #26 in the BOOK rankings, and #3 in the Guide Book rankings
