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Forums - Sales Discussion - USA Pre-Orders, 3rd May 2014. Mario Kart gaining traction.

vivster said:
This can't be. Someone told me Nintendo people don't preorder that much.

If anything, this makes the numbers that much more impressive. ;p



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Mario Kart was 4k two weeks ago, 17k last week, and now 38k this week. Damns.. I think people are under estimating how big this is going to be. In my circle of gaming friends, I was the only one with a Wii U. A couple weeks ago one of them got a Wii U because they were getting hyped for Mario Kart, and 2 more say they're gonna get the Mario Kart Bundle.

I think we're gonna see around 300k US perorders at launch, and close to 1m sales first week world wide.




8th gen predictions. (made early 2014)
PS4: 60-65m
WiiU: 30-35m
X1: 30-35m
3DS: 80-85m
PSV: 15-20m

Just wow to the Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, and Borderlands 2 Vita pre-order numbers.



MK8 is doing good. Comparison chart of big Wii U games (and MK7) pre-order numbers: 

                   NSMBU     LegoCity    Pikmin 3    WWHD    SM3DW   DKC:TF      MK7        MK8

27 weeks ~                                       38,943

26 weeks ~                                       39,820

24 weeks ~                                       40,679

23 weeks ~                                       41,577

22 weeks ~                                       42,258

21 weeks ~                                       43,127

20 weeks ~                                       43,901

19 weeks ~                                       44,626                                        

18 weeks ~                                       45,420                                        

17 weeks ~                                       46,227                                        

16 weeks ~                                       47,048                                                                                    49,787

15 weeks ~                                       48,217                                                                                    52,414

14 weeks ~                   35,296         48,953                                                                                  54,922

13 weeks ~                   40,739         49,929                                                                                   56,909

12 weeks ~                   42,595         50,909                                             32,129                         59,404

11 weeks ~                   43,628          51,698                                            35,570                          63,176

10 weeks ~                   44,813         52,193                                             40,931                          66,582

9 weeks ~                     46,547         52,634                                              50,585     61,741        71,588

8 weeks ~                     47,873          53,154                                             60,095    66,912         77,274

7 weeks ~                     49,129          53,654                                              67,516     75,084        83,658

6 weeks ~                     50,569          54,126                                             72,767     87,848         88,400

5 weeks ~                     52,683          69,997                                              78,253     110,385      105,892

4 weeks ~ 53,051         54,473         73,173                                             81,875     144,517      144,069

3 weeks ~ 64,327         56,134         76,821                                             86,329     193,028

2 weeks ~ 82,970         59,917          81,555       70,568      65,904      90,999     263,359

1 week  ~ 114,207        66,714         85,633       78,079      96,619       97,638     423,986

 

NSMBU = 266,344 Lego City Undercover = 76,854 Pikmin 3 = 103,345 Wind Waker HD = 128,371 SM3DW = 144,156  Donkey Kong Country: TF = 108,845 Mario Kart 7 = 643,733



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1. If the Wii U sells closer to 10 million LTD by 1/3/2015 I win. If it sells closer to 9.5 million LTD by 1/3/2015 OfficerRaichu15 wins (winner gets 2 weeks of avatar control)--Lost.

^Good data Techno

I was way off on MK8 this week. I guessed ~23k. 38k is awesome!



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Damn! Those MK8 pre-orders are really impressive!



                
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Mario Kart 8 better rev it up even more towards the end. Right now it just looks average compared to MK7 even.



Average? It's neck and neck with MK7 with 4 weeks to go, and has been close for several weeks...