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NoA PR - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Fastest-Selling Mario Kart in Franchise history
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SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Fucking insane.
I'll never forget that January "lol switch dead on arrival" thread.
I'll never forget that January "lol switch dead on arrival" thread.
Interfectum
Member
My title wins. 
Waluigilicious
Member
Kinda upsetting that Iwata wasn't able to see the Switch's success.
pirateluigi
Member
Absolutely agree. MK8 was a masterpiece and I'm glad to see it get in more hands. Especially if that eventually leads to new DLC...
Is it that far-fetched to think Nintendo has updated numbers for their own hardware?
boiled goose
good with gravy
It's a much better game than mkwii so that's good. The soundtrack alone is god tier.
My title wins.
Yours correctly captured the statement, and the fact that this might only refer to the U.S.
Im gonna come out and say it. This has been the best launch period of a new system for me ever. Its not as mystical or magical as the promise of the Wii, but thats probably for the best because its actually able to deliver on its promises and really excel at software. I have way too many games that I really really love
He is watching from above.
secretanchitman
Member
I got you fam.
Lol and there it is! I still can't believe Polygon made that chart...
Wii U was unappealing to the masses and meant that most sales came from dedicated Nintendo fans. The Switch is a far more appealing product to the masses out there so more sales are coming from people who never played the Wii U version or never even knew there was a Wii U.
Wii U version still sold really well despite the platform it was on all things considered though.
Yea, I was thinking being a port would cut into its sales potential a bit. Looks like that's not the case.
Pokémon. You can only release one Mario Kart per platform, and a single entry of Pokémon usually sells more anyways
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
guys, could...could wii numbers be possible?
moltonasty
Member
I wonder if this will entice them to port over more Wii U games...SM3DW, DKCTF, and Nintendo Land would be great, k thx
clay_ghost
Member
It actually reminds me of Wii quite a lot in that it exceed all expectations .
let see if Nintendo have more up its sleeves @ E3.
Obliterator
Member
Over 450k sales in a day is legit impressive as fuck. Especially considering the size of that user base. Like I get MKDX doesn't have a ton of competition, but that's still insanely impressive
Stone Ocean
Member
Because the system still needs to be good for games to sell it.
Exterminieren
Banned
It's a pretty low second month sales figure, though. They must have had far more severe stock problems than we thought.
hanspampel
Banned
not. but the low numbers
even in Japan, Switch was selling ~50k each week in April
and the US is a bigger market for Nintendo
supply constrained for sure, but that low?
i just try to figure something out here
Interfectum
Member
Seems like it would be overkill. They need more Switch consoles out there before unleashing that beast IMO.
Serenitynow
Member
Switch - fastest selling Nintendo console
Breath of the Wild - fastest selling Zelda game and standalone launch title
MK8D - fastest selling Mario Kart game
Breath of the Wild - fastest selling Zelda game and standalone launch title
MK8D - fastest selling Mario Kart game
More threads than MK8 deluxe copies!
BTW man it is impressive.
If it will confirm the usual.legs I would say that this would be he first actual confirmation of Switch commercial potential
Oh, that's what you meant. I thought you were discrediting the source - my mistake.
Yeah, I guess the supply constraints have been hard.
Actually though.
valkillmore
Member
Will be really interesting to see what 3rd party game takes off like a shot first. Minecraft?
Probably. The cost to release MK8 on Switch can't have been that high, the ROI must be enormous here.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Wouldn't it also mean the switch sold around 150k for April. Ignoring the last day of tracking period.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
I think Minecraft is going to be huge.
If they can keep the momentum going, we're going o be seeing something really special these next couple of years.
Fast Forward
Member
For bigger games, like Mario Maker, and SSB4, they certainly should do more deluxe versions, and probably will.
2.74 million was announced as thé official number by Nintendo during the fiscal year presentation - the 2.7 million number is as of end of March.
Little Monser
Banned
Holy shit!
Slay us Nintendo
Slay us Nintendo
It would sell Consoles. As long as Nintendo could ship a million more units out by then, I see no issue
Newtype-001
Member
boy
Nintendo would be smart to get their in-store displays updated to reflect Minecraft's release, especially since it'll be digital-only for a few months. They should even throw up some POS cards that people can buy with a redemption code for the game.