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Nuvendil on 30 October 2016
curl-6 said:

So in addition to outselling every Gamecube game, MK8 has, on an install base of less than 14 million, also outsold:

- All but 2 N64 games (Install base 33 million)
- All but 4 SNES games (Install base 49 million)
- All but 3 NES games (Install base 60 million)
- All but 3 PS1 games (Install base 102 million)
- All but 6 PS2 games (Install base 155 million)

That's just insane.  Absolutely insane. 



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S.T.A.G.E. on 30 October 2016

That level of sales on an installed base as small as Nintendos is sheer proof of the loyalty of Nintendo fans. You couldnt pay people to be better fans.



Metroid33slayer on 30 October 2016
Captain_Yuri said:
Wyrdness said:

http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/15/5718168/mario-kart-series-sales

Now look at them and laugh at their nonsense!

They were basing their forecasts on the attache rate across the whole series but they should have realised that when the install base is low the attache rate is far higher because of a higher percentage of hardcore fans that buy lots of games. Surely they should have known that.



curl-6 on 01 November 2016
Nuvendil said:
curl-6 said:

So in addition to outselling every Gamecube game, MK8 has, on an install base of less than 14 million, also outsold:

- All but 2 N64 games (Install base 33 million)
- All but 4 SNES games (Install base 49 million)
- All but 3 NES games (Install base 60 million)
- All but 3 PS1 games (Install base 102 million)
- All but 6 PS2 games (Install base 155 million)

That's just insane.  Absolutely insane. 

Damn right. Portable comparison bonus round! It has outsold...

- All PSP games (install base 82 million)

- All but 2 GBA games (Install base 81 million)

- All but 6 Gameboy games (Install base 118 million)

Also, the only Nintendo games ever made with a higher attach rate are the original Super Mario Bros and Wii Sports.



Goodnightmoon on 01 November 2016
curl-6 said:

So in addition to outselling every Gamecube game, MK8 has, on an install base of less than 14 million, also outsold:

- All but 2 N64 games (Install base 33 million)
- All but 4 SNES games (Install base 49 million)
- All but 3 NES games (Install base 60 million)
- All but 3 PS1 games (Install base 102 million)
- All but 6 PS2 games (Install base 155 million)

Holy shit :O



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uran10 on 01 November 2016

MK8 is a beast.... wow



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Nuvendil on 02 November 2016
curl-6 said:
Nuvendil said:

That's just insane.  Absolutely insane. 

Damn right. Portable comparison bonus round! It has outsold...

- All PSP games (install base 82 million)

- All but 2 GBA games (Install base 81 million)

- All but 6 Gameboy games (Install base 118 million)

Also, the only Nintendo games ever made with a higher attach rate are the original Super Mario Bros and Wii Sports.

Which is unfair because they were pack in titles the majority of the gen.  Think about that.  To beat MK8's attach rate, the games had to be long running pack in games. 



theARTIST0017 on 02 November 2016
easy or not it's still impressive. 8 mill! thumbs up!
Lawlight said:
OnyxPrime said:
ok people settle down, it's not that simple, it's easy to sell a lot when you're one of the only games on the system, imagine if ps4 only had Uncharted 4 & Bloodborne, what would all those 45m people buy? well what else? they can only buy Uncharted 4 & Bloodborne, that the situation on the wii u, but that's not the situation on ps4, and that's not the situation that should be, so all the "you see now haters?? wiii u games can selll tooo (insert feels trollface)" can calm down

I agree and I've made that point before. Imagine having to sell MK on a system that has 10-20 big releases per year. It becomes a bit more challenging then as there's only so many games someone can buy in a year.


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amp316 on 02 November 2016

Considering that it's one of the worst Mario Kart games ever made that is extremely impressive!



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Mr Puggsly on 02 November 2016

I imagine a good chunk of that is bundles, but still an anomaly given the userbase.



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