Nintendo announced on 11 November that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 5.2 million units worldwide in the first four days after its launch on 5 November. That figure includes both physical and digital copies, and 810,000 of the units were sold in Japan.
As TheSixthAxis points out, that makes it the fastest-selling Switch 2 exclusive Nintendo has published. The original Nintendo 64 release sold 7.6 million and the 3DS version 6.44 million, so the remake is already close to both. Tears of the Kingdom still holds the Zelda record, past 10 million in three days.
What our prices show
We checked The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on 11 November. On the Nintendo eShop it costs £49.99. The only new cartridge in stock at the shops we track is at GAME, for £54.99, so the cartridge costs £5.00 more than the download right now.
That is not the usual pattern. In our Switch 2 cartridge or eShop comparison, the cartridge was cheaper for 55% of 111 games.
Cartridge or download?
The cartridge is the copy you can lend, sell on or keep playing without the store. The download is £5.00 cheaper today and lives on your account. If you want the cartridge but not at £54.99, the game's page shows every price we have, and a free email alert tells you when it drops, no account needed.