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Yes! 69 49.29%
 
No! 35 25.00%
 
Maybe? 36 25.71%
 
Total:140

OP Updated. Now MK8 needs 1,27m to reach SMK's sales.

I think it will be close, but since NX will only release in 2017 this gives MK8 more time to sell, especially during holidays.

What do you think guys?



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Well....... The stock of the Wii U have been decreasing lately in Japan..... Not sure about the other countries.

Its going to be very close!



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Hardly, Nintendo expecting to sell only 800k Wii U console for whole year, MK8 maybe could sell another 1m, but I don't see passing 1m.



It's gonna be really damn close unless they cut off shipments early. 800K more Wii Us sold lifetime, just about, with about 200K per quarter for MK8 looking like the current trend for the next quarter or two, maybe a tad more in Winter assuming there aren't any fall games, it's entirely possible.

Either way this will probably be the last time we see such a high attach rate on a main console. It's gonna end up over 50% for sure lifetime, possibly close to 60%.



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DivinePaladin said:
It's gonna be really damn close unless they cut off shipments early. 800K more Wii Us sold lifetime, just about, with about 200K per quarter for MK8 looking like the current trend for the next quarter or two, maybe a tad more in Winter assuming there aren't any fall games, it's entirely possible.

Either way this will probably be the last time we see such a high attach rate on a main console. It's gonna end up over 50% for sure lifetime, possibly close to 60%.

Actually MK8 currently have attach rate of around 60%, 7.5m on 12.8m consoles.



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I don't think so.

Lets say it continues its 60% attach rate with those 800k consoles Nintendo intend to ship. Thats an additional 480k for MK8, lets be generous and round that up to 800k for legacy sales and we're looking at 8.3m, which is amazing all things considered.



At this point no!
unfortunately!



Switch!!!

It will surpass Super Mario Kart for sure.
I'm also expecting a Mario Kart 8 Nintendo Select with both DLCs for the holiday season. This should help it.



If we take away Japan it has (probably - with digital) already happened!

North America
1 Mario Kart Wii - 15.84
2 Mario Kart DS - 9.79
3 Mario Kart 64 - 5.55
4 Mario Kart 7 - 4.66
5 Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 4.12
6 Super Mario Kart - 3.54
7 Mario Kart 8 - 3.09
8 Mario Kart: Super Circuit - 2.62

Europe
1 Mario Kart Wii - 12.82
2 Mario Kart DS - 7.56
3 Mario Kart 7 - 3.80
4 Mario Kart 8 - 2.00
5 Mario Kart 64 - 1.94
6 Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 1.77
7 Mario Kart: Super Circuit -1.64
8 Super Mario Kart - 1.24

Japan
1 Mario Kart DS - 4.13
2 Super Mario Kart - 3.81
3 Mario Kart Wii - 3.79
4 Mario Kart 7 - 2.63
5 Mario Kart 64 - 2.23
6 Mario Kart 8 - 1.23
7 Mario Kart: Super Circuit - 0.99
8 Mario Kart: Double Dash! - 0.87

VGChartz database: http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=mario+kart&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200



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