{"id":134259,"date":"2023-08-16T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-154095"},"modified":"2023-08-16T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:30:00","slug":"zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-has-reportedly-helped-boost-japans-gdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/16\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-has-reportedly-helped-boost-japans-gdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Has Reportedly Helped Boost Japan’s GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Preliminary figures released by the Japanese Cabinet Officer today report that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom may well have helped boost Japan’s GDP (gross domestic product), Japanese outlet Mainichi Shinbun reports<\/a>. (via Forbes<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Nintendo’s highly-anticipated first-party title launched back in May 2023 and broke sales records all across the world, and it seems that those numbers have been reflected in Japan’s semi-durable goods sales \u2014 which include clothes, entertainment, and video games.<\/p>\n

The report covers the period of April 2023 to June 2023, and compared to the previous quarter, spending in this sector has risen by 2.8%. That’s despite a drop of 0.5% in private consumption. Mainichi says that a Cabinet Office official associates this increase with video games specifically.<\/p>\n

As of 30th June, Tears of the Kingdom has sold a massive 18.51 million units worldwide<\/a>. The open-world sequel managed to shift 10 million of these units in the first three days of its release alone<\/em>. It became the fastest-selling Zelda game ever and<\/em> the fastest-selling Nintendo game in North America ever.<\/p>\n

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