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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Nintendo Annouced 1.2mil Sales for MK8 is Shipped! UPDATE: Nintendo Most LIKELY Means Sold! VGC Has MK8 Slightly Overtracked, Details Inside

 

So thoughts?

Definitely Sold! 203 62.08%
 
Definitely Shipped 23 7.03%
 
Most likely Sold 57 17.43%
 
Most likely Shipped 16 4.89%
 
Either Way 6 1.83%
 
Shipped but very high sold Through! 20 6.12%
 
Total:325

I'm fairly certain that when we see the global weekly, it will be within the range of what digital sales could probably do, so it'll look like it could either be sold or shipped with a very high sell through, and we won't know for certain, nor will many care with the success the game has seen.



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I say shipped. The last big nintendo exclusive ( NSM3DW) did what 1st week ?



tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
Nintendo always reports shipped numbers so unless they said it's sold-off, it's shipped.


Always, no! Most of the time? Yes. Looking at figures it might be sold. Not guaranteed but its a huge possibility, if not very very close!


What figures are you looking at? All we have is 1.2M.



Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
Nintendo always reports shipped numbers so unless they said it's sold-off, it's shipped.


Always, no! Most of the time? Yes. Looking at figures it might be sold. Not guaranteed but its a huge possibility, if not very very close!


What figures are you looking at? All we have is 1.2M.



its in the OP

I'm gonna believe it's sold, because that's what they said in the press release.

The Mario Kart 8 game for the Wii U console just launched around the world to global acclaim, earning some of the strongest review scores in franchise history, including becoming the 14th Wii U game to launch in the U.S. with a Metacritic score of 85 or higher. Nintendo reported today that the game sold more than 1.2 million* total units across Japan, Europe and the Americas during its first weekend on the market.**

"The early response to Mario Kart 8 demonstrates that the best days for Wii U are still ahead," said Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. "This year's E3 is just days away, and it will be all about the future games for Nintendo platforms. This milestone is a great place to start!"

Prior to Mario Kart 8, the seven games that have launched previously in the series have combined to sell more than 100 million total units worldwide. This includes two of the best-selling video games of all time: Mario Kart Wii for Wii and Mario Kart DS for the Nintendo DS family of systems. The full list includes:

*Based on Nintendo's internal sales figures.
**Mario Kart 8 launched on Thursday, May 29, in Japan and Friday, May 30, across Europe and the Americas.

 

 



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tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
Nintendo always reports shipped numbers so unless they said it's sold-off, it's shipped.


Always, no! Most of the time? Yes. Looking at figures it might be sold. Not guaranteed but its a huge possibility, if not very very close!


What figures are you looking at? All we have is 1.2M.



its in the OP

You didn't specify a source though.



Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:
tbone51 said:
Lawlight said:


What figures are you looking at? All we have is 1.2M.



its in the OP

You didn't specify a source though.

UK #s are from Pal and its over  54k but less than 110k. France+Germany are > UK for nintendo market.

Japan numbers out today (media create/famitsu), 480k is out for vgc (so estimate).

 

Edit: NPD #s will be used for US later, but all these numbers except Japan is only 2 days of sales while nintendo's is 3 days



I think it's sold if it includes digital sales.



tbone51 said:

UK #s are from Pal and its over  54k but less than 110k. France+Germany are > UK for nintendo market.

Japan numbers out today (media create/famitsu), 480k is out for vgc (so estimate).

 

Edit: NPD #s will be used for US later, but all these numbers except Japan is only 2 days of sales while nintendo's is 3 days


Wait, where did you get UK numbers from?



what was the initial shipping number?



Bet reminder: I bet with Tboned51 that Splatoon won't reach the 1 million shipped mark by the end of 2015. I win if he loses and I lose if I lost.