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First Week Sales for MK8? (Worldwide)

Around 300k 26 13.61%
 
300k-500k 33 17.28%
 
500k-750k 53 27.75%
 
750k-1mil 28 14.66%
 
1mil+ 50 26.18%
 
Total:190

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st0pnsw0p said:
spurgeonryan said:
Zero999 said:
spurgeonryan said:
You do not have to be Nostradamous to know this will sell close to a million units week one. I am saying a full week. Not release on friday, sales on tuesday.

it won't sell close to a million on week one.

Worldwide? I think you underestimate how awesome this game is.

 

I am sure you will say I am over-estimating.

SM3DW's first-week sales were only a quarter million (mid-November) and they topped off at 310k during December, I really doubt MK8 has a chance of selling anywhere close to a million unless it launched during the holidays, and even then it's a huge long-shot. I'm not sure it'll even match 3DW's first-week sales until the holidays.

It should easily sell more than 3D Worlds first week. I think even DKCTF sold around 250k in its first week. MK8 shouldnt have a problem passing that.



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I would just like to point out that these numbers skyrocketed after the Direct, which shows pretty well how large of an impact Directs actually have ^.^

Anyways, I have no idea what to expect for week one...originally I was thinking 500K WW but with the aligned launches it could be much higher. We also have digital sales which will make the number look smaller than it really is @.@



spurgeonryan said:
st0pnsw0p said:
spurgeonryan said:

Worldwide? I think you underestimate how awesome this game is.

 

I am sure you will say I am over-estimating.

SM3DW's first-week sales were only a quarter million (mid-November) and they topped off at 310k during December, I really doubt MK8 has a chance of selling anywhere close to a million unless it launched during the holidays, and even then it's a huge long-shot. I'm not sure it'll even match 3DW's first-week sales until the holidays.

Did anyone really want or care about this game at the time though? I did not even want it until I already begrudgenly picked it up. Then I really had a lot of fun with it. But 20 mario's a generation is too much for me. One MK a generation is an EVENT!

techinically theres 2 which is not a lot to say the least



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Nice! It should have a good opening. I might pre-order it soon.

Shame it's $60 but getting another free with it will make that up.



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Okay, it launches on a Friday. Can one of you tell me if these first week predictions are just for those 2 days or for the first full week ending June 7th?



For the record, everyone, Mario Kart Wii sold about 2.1 million worldwide aligned launch according to VGC
Edit:

A little over a million combined for 2 days in Japan + Europe and a little over a million for 7 days in the US.



I'm not sure. It is a good sign but it isn't a guarantee.Let's hope the best.

I can't wait for this game but in Miiverse I can't see so many people hyped for this game. Maybe it is because there is no community for the fans like the Smash community but there are still not so many Mario Kart 8 posts. This could mean good hardware sale numbers but let's wait.



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spurgeonryan said:
Zero999 said:

it won't sell close to a million on week one.

Worldwide? I think you underestimate how awesome this game is.

 

I am sure you will say I am over-estimating.

I meant that it will sell much more than a million, thus "it won't sell close to a million".



animegaming said:
wish amazon would still sell nintendo consoles so we can see how the bundle or other bundles are holding up

Yeah, why don't they sell them again?