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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.

RolStoppable said:
Mbolibombo said:

Honestly, that is amazing.

But I bet 1-2 Switch became the second million seller, I mean it was close in march and another 28 days (maybe 29) I could see it pass 1 million

Doubtful. At the end of April Nintendo said that 1-2-Switch is on track to reach a million and that was in context of shipments. If it had reached 1m in shipments at the time, Nintendo would have said that it has already crossed that mark. Sell-through is a different matter though, and that's where Mario Kart 8 easily beat 1-2-Switch to the 1m mark.

Mbolibombo said:

Yep, when it didnt work.. that's when I think they just thought to themselves, it's over. 

Just releasing enough games to support the system until the Switch would arrive.

Nope, when Super Mario 3D World didn't work, that's the point where Iwata set everything in motion to work on a better successor and merely get the Wii U across the finish line. Mario Kart 8 launched during a fiscal year that had a shipment forecast of only 3.6m Wii Us, so they weren't expecting an uptick in Wii U performance anymore.

If that was the case, they wouldnt do the free game promo.



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RolStoppable said:

They still wanted to meet the pathetic forecast of 3.6m, so they had to make an effort. If I remember correctly, they managed to finish with 3.5m units during that fiscal year.

3.38 million by the end of FY 2015. Immense effort for a laughable pay off.



RolStoppable said:

Are you sure that you looked at the correct fiscal year? 3.38m sounds like the year after Mario Kart 8, the one that had Splatoon.

Regardless, it doesn't make much of a difference. The Wii U was a piece of trash either way.

Well, MK8 released in May of 2014 so the FY ending should be March 31st, 2015, correct? Unless I've been reading FY all wrong.



RolStoppable said:
NintendoPie said:

3.38 million by the end of FY 2015. Immense effort for a laughable pay off.

Are you sure that you looked at the correct fiscal year? 3.38m sounds like the year after Mario Kart 8, the one that had Splatoon.

Regardless, it doesn't make much of a difference. The Wii U was a piece of trash either way.

I think they just failed at marketing and promoting it.  First the name is terrible.  They could have spent like 1 second of brain power and named it Super Wii and it would have at least sold 20m+.  I'm hoping they can get back to at least Wii levels of software output which you would think be achievable with only one format to focus on with 3DS being an afterthought now. 



NintendoPie said:
RolStoppable said:

Are you sure that you looked at the correct fiscal year? 3.38m sounds like the year after Mario Kart 8, the one that had Splatoon.

Regardless, it doesn't make much of a difference. The Wii U was a piece of trash either way.

Well, MK8 released in May of 2014 so the FY ending should be March 31st, 2015, correct? Unless I've been reading FY all wrong.

I think March 31st 2014 to March 31st 2015 would be FY2014. 



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Zekkyou said:

I think March 31st 2014 to March 31st 2015 would be FY2014. 

So, I was right? Though, wouldn't the next FY start the day after the last one ends? Such as this - April 1st 2014 to March 31st 2015.



NintendoPie said:
Zekkyou said:

I think March 31st 2014 to March 31st 2015 would be FY2014. 

So, I was right? Though, wouldn't the next FY start the day after the last one ends? Such as this - April 1st 2014 to March 31st 2015.

You know, I've honestly never thought about that You're probably right on that front. 



Zekkyou said:
NintendoPie said:

So, I was right? Though, wouldn't the next FY start the day after the last one ends? Such as this - April 1st 2014 to March 31st 2015.

You know, I've honestly never thought about that You're probably right on that front. 

I swear I've seen it used both ways (either representing the year the fiscal year started or the year the fiscal year ended).  Nintendo seems to use the former.  For them, FY 2016 ended March 2017 (so FY 2016 is April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017).

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/earnings/index.html