Mario Kart Wii passes 10 Million

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numonex said:

20 million should be guaranteed for MK Wii by Xmas 2009. I would not be surprised if it finished with 25 or 30 million sales ltd by the end of the console generation.

 

 By christmas 09, 20M seems possible, but a tad optimistic.

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Mario+Kart+Wii+-+Wii&reg2=All&game2=&reg3=All&game3=&weeks=40&weekly=1

 

Assuming it is at 12M by the end of 08, it would need 8M in 2009.

If we assume it sells 3M in the last 12 weeks (looks like it will be at ~ 3.5-4M for this christmas), it will need to sell 5M in the 40 weeks, which is 125K weekly. That is possible, as it has steadily kept 150K +, except for a few weeks this year.

This would, however, mean that MKWii would be charting in the top 10 for almost the entire 2009 as well.

Personally, I think an 80K average is more likely, and a 2.5M christmas, leaving it at ~ 18M by start of 2010.

I agree that 25M-30M actually seems possible, but I would set it a bit lower, as we do not know how well it will do at once it starts getting more competition on the Wii.