What game contributed the most to Switch's record breaking success

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firebush03 said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

Mario Kart isn't a game you buy a system for. It's a game that goes with any Nintendo system the same way that something to drink goes with any meal.

Exactly this. MarioKart 8 was on Wii U and NS1, yet only one of these two systems was greatly successful. If MK8DX was pivotal to NS1ms success, then why didn’t Wii U systems move for its entire 3y run following the launch of MK8? And it’s not like BotW where the system had literally been discontinued by the time the game released.

MK8 did actually make the WiiU sell better the sales were significantly lower before it arrived, on launch WiiU shifted like 300k that week and the baseline for sales increased so it is very much a platform seller, the platform itself just couldn't be saved.