Mario Kart Wii - First Day Sales: 300k

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.:Dark Prince:. on 11 April 2008

Then check Mario & Sonic, or Mario Party. Whoever thinks that this game won't have legs is nuts.

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FishyJoe on 11 April 2008

Yeah, I think Mario Kart is a lot closer to Mario Party than SMG. SMG isn't a real great game to play in groups. MK and MP are oriented towards group play. So comparing sales of MK to SMG is not very accurate.

I expect MK to do about double what MP8 did, simply because the install base is twice a big now. It might even do better than double since MK is more popular.

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bigjon on 11 April 2008

MK has always sold alot in Japan, DD was the only MK to not hit 2 million in sales there (maybe Super Circuit too)

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Wii- 72 million 3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

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PS3- 29 million Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

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bchery21 on 11 April 2008

this is all good stuff. man, nintendo is sure caking this generation

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bigjon on 11 April 2008

Ok, I look it up
Super Mario Kart sold 3.8 million (on the SNES userbase in Japan)
DD is around 3.3 Million and climbing
64 was WELL over 2 million, and the N64 had a puny userbase.

Super Circuit sold 1 million on the dot, and DD was like 900k.

I am going to have to go with 2.2-2.8 million lifetime in Japan... could be more.

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Wii- 72 million 3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

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cool48 on 11 April 2008

I wonder if the week sales are gonna be higher than GT5:P probably but it won't beat it by much.

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trestres on 11 April 2008

cool48 said:
I wonder if the week sales are gonna be higher than GT5:P probably but it won't beat it by much.

Hmmm, GT5P sold 110k on its first week, MKWii sold 300k om its first day...

If you dont consider 350k/400k much, then you're right.

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Bitmap Frogs on 11 April 2008

I saw today a pile of them, was tempted to pick one up.

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