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Clyde32 on 11 November 2014

1.2M  Mario Kart 8 US sales.



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tbone51 on 11 November 2014
Soundwave said:
I dunno if would make sense for retailers to order more copies of Smash since it's a game launching in the holiday season, versus MK8 which launched in May. In the long term MK8 will still end up on top.

Another thing to note is MK8 had a free game deal outside japan, ssbu doesn't have anything and is worse due to needing more things with the purchase (gcn adapter+controller)



tbone51 on 11 November 2014
Maraccuda said:
Hopefully by large margin. The game will do good this Holidays.

.....Can I just have this game now please?


10 days, waaaaaait :p



Soundwave on 11 November 2014
mZuzek said:
ohmylanta1003 said:

I think that's a pretty good prediction. I'm inclined to agree with you. It seems like there is more enthusiasm from people surrounding this game than Mario Kart 8. Mario Kart 8 is fun, but Smash is a must have.

At bold: I really don't like saying "hype", but that's basically what I was trying to say. I wish there was a better way to say it.

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. Since last E3 I've sensed way more excitement for Smash than for MK8.
(and by "last" E3 I mean last year)


"Sensed it where"?

I sensed more excitement for Bayonetta 2 than COD going by online message boards but that isn't the general community. Even the largest video game online forum is what NeoGaf with like 120,000 members? That's nothing in the grand scheme of things. 

And Smash is benefitting in part due to MK8 building the userbase larger. 

Smash will have a faster start than MK perhaps, but MK will out leg it in the end I think. Plus MK8 will be bundled with many Wii Us this holiday.

Smash is something the hardcore Nintendo community is exceptionally vocal about, much like Zelda, but in actuality there are more fans of things like Mario platformers (than Zelda) and Mario Kart (vs. Smash) when the family/kid demo is factored in. 



POE on 11 November 2014

I believe Smash pre orders are higer than those of MK8. I have my doubts regarding the impact this will have with hardware sales. Let´s not forget Mario Kart 8 had a bundle, and Smash wont.



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Soundwave on 11 November 2014
POE said:
I believe Smash preo orders are higer than those of MK8 were in May. I have my doubts in regards to the impact this will have with hardware sales. Let´s not forget Mario Kart 8 had a bundle, and Smash wont.


They'll have a nice boost in Nov/Dec sure, but they'll still probably finish well behind in third place and the bump will fizzle out by next Feburary. 



Maraccuda on 11 November 2014
tbone51 said:
Maraccuda said:
Hopefully by large margin. The game will do good this Holidays.

.....Can I just have this game now please?


10 days, waaaaaait :p


17 days for me........... and that is with the release being pushed forward by a week.

THE AGONY!!!!



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POE on 11 November 2014
Soundwave said:
POE said:
I believe Smash preo orders are higer than those of MK8 were in May. I have my doubts in regards to the impact this will have with hardware sales. Let´s not forget Mario Kart 8 had a bundle, and Smash wont.


They'll have a nice boost in Nov/Dec sure, but they'll still probably finish well behind in third place and the bump will fizzle out by next Feburary. 

That doesn´t matter as long as they make money.



XanderXT on 11 November 2014

Good. Who here thinks it can outsell Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale in at least a week?



Vena on 11 November 2014
Soundwave said:
I dunno if would make sense for retailers to order more copies of Smash since it's a game launching in the holiday season, versus MK8 which launched in May. In the long term MK8 will still end up on top.


BestBuy has shipped in a huge amount of WiiU's in the 3DWorld bundle to push their in-store mga bundle with Smash and Kong. It's a pretty crazy bundle when you break it down and is actually comprable to the Nintendo refurb console when you break it down to games and console.