Nintendo FY2018 results, Switch 34.74M, Software 187.52M

[Bofferbrauer2]

gtotheunit91 said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:
The big question on the software side is now: Can Mario Kart 8 Deluxe beat Mario Kart Wii total sales?

That's pretty unlikely as it's still sold less than half of what Mario Kart Wii did with 37 million total. I think it's more likely to beat Mario Kart DS at 23 million in sales

Mario Kart DS is not a question of if, but of when. And at the rate it is selling, probably sometime next year, if not already during this holiday season.

It is showing to have the same insane legs as MKWii, but it's possible that the Switch itself will have much better legs than the Wii, thus giving MK8D a spot on overtaking MKWii over the distance. Won't happen before  a couple years in any case, but I wouldn't rule the possibility out as long as there's no successor on the Switch.

Edit: MK8DX shipped over 1.6M this quarter, it's safe to say that it will be above 20M at the end of the year. Enough to beat MK7 already? Doubtful, but not impossible.

If there will be no successor to MK8DX on the Switch, then 30M+ is pretty much a lock at this point with those sales and legs. But MKWii is also still selling and being shipped by Nintendo, so it's possible the mark to beat could end up being 40M, not "just" 37M. That's gonna get very tough to reach.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 25 April 2019