By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Mario Kart 8 sells 1.2 million over first weekend

OMG, This thing again...



Around the Network

well should be a nice bump to Hardware to according to

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/watch-dogs-smashes-uk-new-ip-records-wii-u-hardware-sales-up-666/0133269


by the end of e3 Nintendo should be above 7 million if the Kart Bundle has some legs.



Fusioncode said:
chidori-chan2 said:
Fusioncode said:
So if this is shipped I'm going to guess around 1m for the first 4 days. Good numbers, Infamous took 9 days to sell 1m,


Infamous from PS4 took 9 days to sell 1m, Mario Kart 8 took only 72 hours for sell 1.2 m. :P

4 days and the numbers are shipped. Which is why I guessed 1m sell through. 

Not really. those numbers are from 1st of june. Thats 3 days in america/europe and 4 in japan

Yeah probably only shipped. But i guess about 89% are already sold



Justagamer said:

Holy crap! Can't remember what I predicted but, nowhere near that! Now I can't wait to see the hardware boost, it's going to be huge. 1.2 million +1... On my way home with my copy now...

 

edit: is it just me, or are there people in here actually trying to downplay this news? Lol if so... 

It's the usual suspects as usual, so no need to worry. They are doing a good job.



Check out my Upcoming Wii U Games 2014 Thread

3DS Friend Code: 4553 - 9954 - 4854. Name - David

I so needed this good news right now. I have my copy of MK8 so I contributed to the number, but won't be able to play it for 2 weeks as I'm away from my Wii U. I imagine it will drop off very quickly next week, but I'm pleased to see there is still some demand for Nintendo games.



Around the Network

Very nice, very nice indeed.

Poor Polygon.



I'm glad the game is doing well, the dev team deserves it and it's about damn time Wii U owners bought something because they obviously ignored DKC, Wonderful 101, and several other decent releases.

I'm not sure how massive the hardware boost will be though, just anecdotally in my area the game was selling well, but my local Best Buy still hasn't sold one of the hardware bundles. I'm sure there will be a bump for a couple of weeks though.



Thank God something has finally kicked the console up the arse, great news. It deserves some more sales and I hope that:
1.The console maintains a bit of momentum and can kick past 10 million sales before long
2. Nintendo builds on the momentum with some more releases and doesn't let it die off a cliff again



My Blog, Please Have A Read:

http://Proseandconsoles.blogspot.com

damn that is GOOD! hopefully a very sizable boost will happen for sales WW. im not trying to ask this to "downplay" but is this shipped or sold?



KylieDog said:
Shipped or sell through? Got to be shipped right, they couldn't get the sell through so fast...


How come? Others have done so in the past! (im not saying its sold through, just making a point)