Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sells 459,000 copies on launch day in US, fastest-selling Mario Kart in the US.

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Soundwave said:

This is one benefit of having a rabid, older fanbase, you get better software sales more quickly.

Kinda reminds me a little of Mario Kart 64 which I believe for the time (1997) was the fastest selling game ever in the US. 

Rabid older fanbase gets software sales more quickly? How so?

Nintendo games never pull out first week sales numbers that other big games like Call of Duty or Madden or Final Fantays or ect. do.  And I woudl consider most of them as rabid younger teen gamers. They pull like 4 million week one. Nintedo may pull huge numbers for games, but it always takes years to do.