Mario Kart World bundle makes up over 70% of Switch 2 preorders in some regions

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Tober on 17 April 2025

Zippy6 said:

Mario Kart is the game almost everyone is going to want so it's no surprise.

Which makes it a shame that it's a limited bundle that's going to end. I think it's going to be almost impossible to find stock of it closer to launch.

This bundle will return sometime in the future. Just like the MK8 bundle, it will be rolled out every holiday at the least.

And just like that one, within 3 years the bundle will be same price as the base Switch2 price, having millions of people get it 'for free'. Which also explains why Nintendo prices it now at a premium.

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CaptainExplosion on 17 April 2025

Tober said:

Zippy6 said:

Mario Kart is the game almost everyone is going to want so it's no surprise.

Which makes it a shame that it's a limited bundle that's going to end. I think it's going to be almost impossible to find stock of it closer to launch.

This bundle will return sometime in the future. Just like the MK8 bundle, it will be rolled out every holiday at the least.

And just like that one, within 3 years the bundle will be same price as the base Switch2 price, having millions of people get it 'for free'. Which also explains why Nintendo prices it now at a premium.

So you're saying Nintendo customers don't give a shit about price hikes? I've seen otherwise.

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Tober on 17 April 2025

CaptainExplosion said:

Tober said:

This bundle will return sometime in the future. Just like the MK8 bundle, it will be rolled out every holiday at the least.

And just like that one, within 3 years the bundle will be same price as the base Switch2 price, having millions of people get it 'for free'. Which also explains why Nintendo prices it now at a premium.

So you're saying Nintendo customers don't give a shit about price hikes? I've seen otherwise.

Not saying that at all. Don't now why you think I did?

I'm just explaining why I believe Nintendo felt why they need to price it that way. Because lifetime (not at the start) most MK World will be a free pack-in, just like MK8 DX was.