ganoncrotch said:
When Mario Kart Wii launched there was approx 55.5million Wii consoles sold, there is 1/8th that number of Wii-U's out there right now so the numbers line up very well for MK8. Think of it like this out of 55million Wii owners 4million of them bought MK wii in the first 5 weeks. 6 million Wii-us and 2million copies of MK8 ( not including digital downloads) is a far greater attach rate and success story considering the Wii-U's situation. |
Mario Kart 7
| 03rd December 2011 | 1 | 684,108 | N/A | 684,108 |
| 10th December 2011 | 2 | 1,181,930 | 72.8% | 1,866,038 |
| 17th December 2011 | 3 | 742,885 | -37.1% | 2,608,923 |
| 24th December 2011 | 4 | 885,133 | 19.1% | 3,494,056 |
| 31st December 2011 | 5 | 394,038 | -55.5% | 3,888,094 |
| 07th January 2012 | 6 | 293,743 | -25.5% | 4,181,837 |
And 3DS hade an install base of just over 6m at the time aswell. Yes it launched in the holiday season but MK games sell beter on the consoles than on handhelds.
MK8 hade a nice launch, but then again it launched worldwide in the same week only making it look bigger in comparison. it's aleady falling behind Double (in the U.S. atleast)but that launched during the holidays aswell.
I'm not trying to bash anything here, just keeping things realistic. Past Mario Kart console games ended up with an attach rate of about 30%-35%, and it is getting close to that already. In other words Wii-U hardware sales would have to pick up further for MK8 to keep momentum. That or this 100k is already overtracked.
We will probably have to wait till the holidays to really see if it can keep up.
