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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sells 459,000 copies on launch day in US, fastest-selling Mario Kart in the US.

Zekkyou on 01 May 2017
Slownenberg said:
Wow that is impressive! So like 750k+ WW day 1 probably. incredible! Small userbase, 3 year old port, but its the Switch and the best version of Mario Kart ever so MONSTER SALES. Looks like I was wrong thinking MK8D would sell really well but not crazy normal MK types numbers. This thing is gonna be huge. Can't believe it beat MKWii day one sales that is nuts.

The majority of Mario Kart games have sold more outside of the US than in it, so there's a good chance it hit 1 million Day 1.



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COKTOE on 01 May 2017

! Day 1 US only. Wow. Very nice.



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KrspaceT on 01 May 2017

Good thing I have finals or I'd have bought it and be lost to it.



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Zekkyou on 01 May 2017
Wright said:

I'll never be able to understand the craze with Mario Kart, I'm afraid. Those are some great sales, indeed.

Yeah, i'm in the same boat. It's fun with friends, but outside of that Mario Kart's appeal is mostly lost on me. I seem to dislike effectively everything focused on driving though, regardless to how realistic or comical. I'm the Grinch of driving :p



Mnementh on 01 May 2017
specialk said:
I think now is a good time to point out that the best selling PS4 game is a port of the best selling PS3 game.

Consumers are okay paying for the latest and greatest version of incredible games.

Yep, no matter which platform.



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areason on 01 May 2017
EricFabian said:
areason said:
Well it's the systems 2nd game.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/268019/super-bomberman-r-ships-over-500000-units-1-2-switch-on-track-for-1-million/

Yeah mate, it's definetely a system seller, and not bought because their isn't anything else.

It's propestrous to claim that until now the only thing worth buying on the switch is zelda. 



areason on 01 May 2017
Zekkyou said:
areason said:
Well it's the systems 2nd game.

No it's not. 2nd AAA Nintendo release sure, which is relevant, but those aren't the only games on the system.

Yeah people defintely bought the system for 1,2 switch and super bomberman, poor Nintendo games having too much competition. 



Wright on 01 May 2017
Zekkyou said:
Wright said:

I'll never be able to understand the craze with Mario Kart, I'm afraid. Those are some great sales, indeed.

Yeah, i'm in the same boat. It's fun with friends, but outside of that Mario Kart's appeal is mostly lost on me. I seem to dislike effectively everything focused on driving though, regardless to how realistic or comical. I'm the Grinch of driving :p

I do like certain racing games (used to enjoy NfS Most Wanted a lot, and had plenty of fun playing Project Gotham Racing), but for some reason I really don't get the fun of Mario Kart. It's a frustrating exercise of skill that could be hampered at any moment because the game actively tries to screw the racer on first position and give all sorts of advantages to those behind, to find some artificial balance. I guess it's cool to screw up friends that way, but I can't honestly find enjoyement with it myself. xD



Ganoncrotch on 01 May 2017
Augen said:
Incredible. Nintendo seeing these sales might mean other Wii U titles to Switch? I'd love Wii U Smash or Mario on the go.

Even the remasters from older games on the WiiU would be great to see going to the Switch, imagine Twilight Princess or Wind Waker on a portable machine.

My body is ready.



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umegames on 01 May 2017

first hour at my bestbuy we had about 20 people come in to buy. Then shipped us almost 100 copies of the game, which i thought was way to much, but we sold half of them in 3 days. amazing



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