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It probably will eventually, not sure of the time frame. Let's see what happens in the holiday season.



 

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In terms of retail sales, It'll be lower than Mario Kart GBA, for quite a while at least. Adding digital sales as well, it'll be higher.



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Slarvax said:

 I doubt DLC will boost sales at all.


Of course it will. DLC is not only about money - but also about "advertising" the game again. But that time with a dedicated fan base which will talk even more about it to others.

 

Another view point is that you get MORE VALUE for the game. Given the MK8 DLC prices this is not only psychologically true but money wise too

 

Also: every bit of content help selling Wii Us. I wouldn't be surprised to so even more DLC packs for MK8 over the next years to come...



It'll sell more than Super Circuit for sure, maybe even close in on Double Dash a bit.



Doesn't seem very likely to me. The console just doesn't have the install base to push those type of numbers. Every big release on the wii u will probably be lower than normal just because of the Wii u lack of mainstream appeal.



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I assume our discussion includes digital sales. It certainly will outsell Super Circuit, I also expect it to outsell Double Dash.



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drake_tolu said:

MK7 last December (December only) have sold 550K. 

This December MK7 will sell in the worst scenario 350K. With November+October sales, will sell in Q3 for sure more than 500K.

Have sold 700K in Q1+Q2+Q3, so, by end of year, will sell some like 1.2 million.

Total: 10.3 million

And yep, 4.7 million is for sure possible.

Look the Mario Kart DS sales:

YearYearlyChangeTotal
2005 2,636,531 N/A 2,636,531
2006 3,100,369 17.6% 5,736,900
2007 2,916,389 -5.9% 8,653,289
2008 4,351,380 49.2% 13,004,669
2009 3,522,025 -19.1% 16,526,694
2010 3,682,176 4.5% 20,208,870
2011 1,367,032 -62.9% 21,575,902
2012 759,556 -44.4% 22,335,458
2013 467,701 -38.4% 22,803,159
2014 144,402 -69.1% 22,947,561

Fuck, the DS is discontinued, but MK5 sell again like a monster!

Above 200K for sure this year.

The legs of this game are incredible, and i think that the legs of MK7 and MK8 will be this.

MK7 and MKDS are not comparable. That's not fair to MK7, you know that.

You also know that everyone thinks you overestimate things. You even say yourself in your sig that you are "octimist" with consoles, which I can only guess you mean optimistic, that is very true.



NintendoPie said:

MK7 and MKDS are not comparable. That's not fair to MK7, you know that.

You also know that everyone thinks you overestimate things. You even say yourself in your sig that you are "octimist" with consoles, which I can only guess you mean optimistic, that is very true.

optimism =/= unrealistic

If you don't like my optimistic predictionm:



oniyide said:
it is insane we have to even compare it to super circuit for GBA

Not really. The GBA had an 80 million install base and Super Circuit is its 5th highest selling game.



Riot Of The Blood said:
Doesn't seem very likely to me. The console just doesn't have the install base to push those type of numbers. Every big release on the wii u will probably be lower than normal just because of the Wii u lack of mainstream appeal.

Wii U's install base isn't going to stay at 7.4 million.