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Wyrdness said:

zorg1000 said:

That Polygon story was dumb but its not at all the same thing im saying, they predicted it would bomb when it was clear that it would be a multi million seller based on NSMBU/3D World already having sold over 2 million at that point. What im saying is something entirely different.

MK8 FY14/15-5.11m

MK8 FY15/16-2.39m, 7.50 LTD

MK8 FY16/17-0.50m, 8.00 LTD (2 quarters to go)

Wii U has essentially ended production (or will very shortly) so there will be very few new people buying the console which in turn means very few people looking for new games. MK8 has been out for 2.5 years so the vast majority of existing Wii U owners who were interested in it have already bought it.

It will probably sell similar to SMK but its nearly impossible for it to match MK64.

Its not a poor argument, you cant use install base as an excuse because thats my whole point. MK8 did not sell to its fullest potential because of the install base of the device it was on, while MK7 has been able to sell significantly higher because it was not held back by the system its on.

MK8 is superior to MK7 in essentially every way and likely had significantly higher dev costs, it should outsell MK7.

It is a poor argument though as MK7 should be selling more than MK8 given the series' performance and the userbase it has, it's no different to Coca Cola selling more products in a country that has a much higher population.

We've established long ago that Wii U's performance has little bearing on the sales performance of the games I assure you many people thought the majority of consumers who wanted the game had it back when it hit 5m but no it's still selling now and passed 8m given we're entering the holiday season I wouldn't be surprised if it outsells SMK by the end of the year and closes in on MK64 as March approaches.

It seems like you are still missing the point so ill say it again, MARIO KART 8 HAS NOT SOLD TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL DUE TO BEING ON A POOR SELLING SYSTEM. That is why it is getting ported to Switch, there are millions of Mario Kart players on 3DS who have not played MK8.

When MK8 sales were at 5.11 million Wii U was at 9.54 million, MK8 is now at 8.00 million & Wii U at 13.36 million.

MK8 in that time was primarily being sold to new people getting a Wii U, not the people who bought a Wii U a few years earlier.

Wii U is only expected to ship a further 240k this fiscal year and probably nothing after that. There will be nore more people looking to buy a Wii U so very few people looking to get new software.

I gaurantee, MK8 will not sell on par with MK64, it might match SMK.

1. MK Wii

2. MK DS

3. MK7

4. MK64

5/6. SMK/MK8

7. MKDD

8. MKSS

It is one of the worst selling MK titles, whether or not it passes SMK it will still be in the bottom half.