Three weeks to go: where is the Mario Kart advertising blitz?

[outlawauron]

tbone51 said:

outlawauron said:

Was the spike due to the Direct or due to the new bundle announcement and the start of advertising?

I would think the bundle is doing well because it's a good deal and MK is an incredibly popular franchise and MK8 looks good.

Direct, Amazon doesn't have the bundle, and beside wouldn't technically the bundle announcement count as the direct? There has not been any advertising (not counting Game review sites) aside from the direct!

Your second sentence, all from the direct. Pre orders shot up as soonas the direct aired. Look at any country on amazon. Some are at 1st place right now like japan

I wouldn't count the bundle as part of the direct, because the deal is attractive regardless of how or when it's presented. The good deal/value of the bundle of has nothing to do with any sort of advertising, direct or otherwise, and I don't see how the video trumps the 34 million people who bought MK Wii.

I'm not saying the Direct was bad or anything, this game was going to do very well and be popular. Why are people acting surprised.