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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sells 459,000 copies on launch day in US, fastest-selling Mario Kart in the US.

Soundwave on 01 May 2017
SpokenTruth said:
Soundwave said:

If I recall correctly Mario Kart 64 had the record first actually. But it's so long ago now (20 years ago, lol) that it's hard to find PR on the internet. I wonder if IGN64 has news archives that far back. 

I was already looking.  Only found it on Diddy Kong hitting 400k in 4 days (that was one record it broke) but I also recall it hitting 1 million in 11 days (that was the other record).  MK 64 may have launched to records too but I can't find them and don't remeber that one like I do DKR.

 

http://www.ign.com/articles/1997/12/09/nintendo-says-diddy-makes-history

But notice those numbers.  400k in 4 days was consider a record in the US at the time.

Yeah I'm quite sure MK64 had that record first. 

The sorta interesting thing there was GoldenEye hit 1 million in the US by November 1997, that's cool considering it had virtually no marketing. 



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monocle_layton on 01 May 2017

Kind of scary to see it do this well on a new console



Azzanation on 01 May 2017

Well deserved



Jranation on 01 May 2017

In 1 FUCKING DAY!!!!



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sethnintendo on 01 May 2017
Neodegenerate said:
specialk said:

I think my eyes just rolled into the back of my head.

But at least the "no gaemz" logic that was used against the PS4 in its first year is alive and well against the Switch in its first year!

How many physical game releases have their been though?  I assume less than 10.  That is a pretty low number but it should be 20+ by the holiday season or so.



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EricFabian on 01 May 2017
areason said:
EricFabian said:

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/268019/super-bomberman-r-ships-over-500000-units-1-2-switch-on-track-for-1-million/

Yeah mate, it's definetely a system seller, and not bought because their isn't anything else.

It's propestrous to claim that until now the only thing worth buying on the switch is zelda. 

No, is not. Maybe for you. But there is now 2 games in a road to sell 1M each. So you are wrong anyway



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couchmonkey on 01 May 2017
sethnintendo said:
Neodegenerate said:

But at least the "no gaemz" logic that was used against the PS4 in its first year is alive and well against the Switch in its first year!

How many physical game releases have their been though?  I assume less than 10.  That is a pretty low number but it should be 20+ by the holiday season or so.

Ten, I think:

Puyo Puyo Tetris
Mario Kombat 8
Super Bummerman R
Zelda: BOW WOW
Binding of Isaac+: Most Disgusting Edition
Lego City: Under the Covers
Skylanders: Imagination Station
1 2 Switch
Has Been Heroes
Just Dance 2017: I ran out of ideas Edition

There should be more than 50 by Christmas I'd think.  Esp. since Switch has teh cartridges!



irstupid on 01 May 2017

 

Soundwave said:

This is one benefit of having a rabid, older fanbase, you get better software sales more quickly.

Kinda reminds me a little of Mario Kart 64 which I believe for the time (1997) was the fastest selling game ever in the US. 

Rabid older fanbase gets software sales more quickly? How so?

Nintendo games never pull out first week sales numbers that other big games like Call of Duty or Madden or Final Fantays or ect. do.  And I woudl consider most of them as rabid younger teen gamers. They pull like 4 million week one. Nintedo may pull huge numbers for games, but it always takes years to do.



Soundwave on 01 May 2017
irstupid said:

 

Soundwave said:

This is one benefit of having a rabid, older fanbase, you get better software sales more quickly.

Kinda reminds me a little of Mario Kart 64 which I believe for the time (1997) was the fastest selling game ever in the US. 

Rabid older fanbase gets software sales more quickly? How so?

Nintendo games never pull out first week sales numbers that other big games like Call of Duty or Madden or Final Fantays or ect. do.  And I woudl consider most of them as rabid younger teen gamers. They pull like 4 million week one. Nintedo may pull huge numbers for games, but it always takes years to do.

They have more disposable income and are more well ... hardcore about their games. It's the same thing with certain Amiibos ... it was 30 year old men buying those, not kids. Same thing with the NES Classic ... virtually all adults many of whom were willing to pay 2-3x more than the sticker price. 

Nintendo's fanbase in general, while it will always have a section of kids in it is majority 20-40 year olds I would say. 



specialk on 01 May 2017
sethnintendo said:

How many physical game releases have their been though?  I assume less than 10.  That is a pretty low number but it should be 20+ by the holiday season or so.

Not sure why physical release is the barometer for games, but going from the Nintendo website, we have,

BotW, Bomberman, 1-2 Switch, Binding of Issac, Just Dance, Lego City Undercover, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. 

So that makes 8. All but Bomberman and 1-2 are pretty much universally well regarded.