LOL, for me Wii U will sold more of 200,000 the week of Mario Kart. :P

Mario kart is bigger than smash bros BTW.

I think the audience that Mario Kart can really make a difference with aren't really the kind to pre-order (family/kids). We really can't estimates what effect it will have with any accuracy IMO.

Nintendo's own forecast is 1.2 million more Wii-U's sold so unless they are planning a major price cut offcourse Mario Kart is going to boost sales.

It will give it a nice bump and will have nice legs, probably boosting Wii-U about 10k on average the rest of the summer.

Though i do fear that Smash Brothers will do hardly anything for hardware, because most people waiting for that game are also waiting for MK8.

Ok, but I was never saying that the hype for MK8 wasn't real, in fact I was asking what "fake hype" is even supposed to be. ;)

Oh and MK8 isn't really selling out world wide, the headline of the article is very misleading in that regard, as is normal with gaming articles.

Lol, that might have been Naruball. Responding to a lot of people. Different threads, ect. 

I'm not as optimistic as this article, but I think if Mario Kart is pushed enough, Wii U sales could go from abysmal to mediocre.

You don't have to agree with him, but it's not an outrageous prediction. That would be over a 300% increase from it's current numbers ^^;

OT: No one is saying it won't boost the WiiU's sales, but it's wishful thinking to believe a single game, or even 2, are going to suddenly "save" the WiiU.

You nailed it.

You've just summarized 80% of all videogame sales.