Mario Kart 8 Boosts Wii U Sales 400% in Americas

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NintendoPie said:

Seece said:

It's not a huge boost. For comparison, when the Xbox 360 slim launched (with no price cut) sales went above 100k in the UK alone, that's double what MK has achieved in the US, a country that sells on average 5 times more.

MGS4 on PS3 (a system that at the time was not doing well, propelled sales in the US to 406,000

150k~ is what 360, PS3 did on average all last gen.

In the grand scheme of things it's good % wise, good 'news' for Nintendo, but the actual bump is not huge by any margin.

The Wii U was doing ~30k in the weeks pre-MK8, it went up to nearly 190k. To act like the Wii U is even close to the situations of the XB360 and the PS3 were in is ridiculous. You've seen the numbers and you know the Wii U has been doing considerably worse than the PS3 or 360. Going up nearly 160k WW is an achievement for a console that is doing so terribly in all sense of the word.

A figure I personally disagree with but time shall tell. Any system can go up 150k+ if they release a huge game for it, why is this such a surprise to you? The numbers in themselves are not huge, that is what I'm saying.