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TheBigFatJ on 24 April 2008
nordlead said:


Also, 2 out of 2 people I know who pre-ordered Smash are not picking up Mario kart wii until they can get it at Sams Club for $5 off, which could be a week or 2 after launch. Although this doesn't mean anything at all, I just don't think the hardcore players will rush it as much.


They can get it at costco for $6 off, so.. that's a dollar better than your crappy store.  And on launch day.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=803737



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Hephaestos on 24 April 2008
TheBigFatJ said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
^ VERY doubtfull. IMO 1M is a bit high.

Hehe, Nintendo might win "biggest developer of the month" even for the month GTA IV launches!

(Nintendo could have made it even without this really, last month they had 5.4M with Brawl, but Brawl second month + MKWii + few days of Wii Fit could actually beat the crap outta GTA IV.

When does Brawl launch in Europe?

MKWii should appeal to a larger audience than Smash Brothers.... after all, it was already present at the SNES time when Nintendo was dominating so it should be a lot more recognizable.

Sales were very close on the gamecube. To be fair, MK:DD sold 1.93m in Europe and 4.14m in the US. This suggests that Mario Kart will be more than twice as big in the US as it was in Europe, where its first two weeks came out to over a million already.


 GC was not really a heavy casual console.... what i'm saying is that on Wii, MK should go way past Brawl because the new audience will be more attracted by it (that is why the Wii wheel is there too). I wouldn't be surprised if MK did 1.5 to 2x the sales of Brawl lifetime ^^



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Kasz216 on 24 April 2008
TheBigFatJ said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
^ VERY doubtfull. IMO 1M is a bit high.

Hehe, Nintendo might win "biggest developer of the month" even for the month GTA IV launches!

(Nintendo could have made it even without this really, last month they had 5.4M with Brawl, but Brawl second month + MKWii + few days of Wii Fit could actually beat the crap outta GTA IV.

When does Brawl launch in Europe?

MKWii should appeal to a larger audience than Smash Brothers.... after all, it was already present at the SNES time when Nintendo was dominating so it should be a lot more recognizable.

Sales were very close on the gamecube. To be fair, MK:DD sold 1.93m in Europe and 4.14m in the US. This suggests that Mario Kart will be more than twice as big in the US as it was in Europe, where its first two weeks came out to over a million already.


 Wait?  A racing game sold worse in Europe?  Was their a  big userbase gap or something?



Naum on 24 April 2008

"Supposedly you should be able to buy the wheel by itself the same day."

When I bought MKWii here in europe 2 weeks ago there where atleast the same amount of Wheels as there where MKWii's



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Viper1 on 24 April 2008
Kasz216 said:
TheBigFatJ said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
^ VERY doubtfull. IMO 1M is a bit high.

Hehe, Nintendo might win "biggest developer of the month" even for the month GTA IV launches!

(Nintendo could have made it even without this really, last month they had 5.4M with Brawl, but Brawl second month + MKWii + few days of Wii Fit could actually beat the crap outta GTA IV.

When does Brawl launch in Europe?

MKWii should appeal to a larger audience than Smash Brothers.... after all, it was already present at the SNES time when Nintendo was dominating so it should be a lot more recognizable.

Sales were very close on the gamecube. To be fair, MK:DD sold 1.93m in Europe and 4.14m in the US. This suggests that Mario Kart will be more than twice as big in the US as it was in Europe, where its first two weeks came out to over a million already.


 Wait?  A racing game sold worse in Europe?  Was their a  big userbase gap or something?

GameCube install base:

America - 12.94 million
Other - 4.77 million

 

Wii install base:

America - 10.61 million
Other - 7.94 million

 



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nordlead on 24 April 2008
TheBigFatJ said:
nordlead said:


Also, 2 out of 2 people I know who pre-ordered Smash are not picking up Mario kart wii until they can get it at Sams Club for $5 off, which could be a week or 2 after launch. Although this doesn't mean anything at all, I just don't think the hardcore players will rush it as much.


They can get it at costco for $6 off, so.. that's a dollar better than your crappy store. And on launch day.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=803737


 sadly, there are no cosco's around me, or I would go there (for other things besides games), and with shipping I might as well go to any other store.




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Pk9394 on 24 April 2008

half price on M&S!!!!! another 50k week???? I think so



TheBigFatJ on 24 April 2008
Viper1 said:
Kasz216 said:

Wait? A racing game sold worse in Europe? Was their a big userbase gap or something?

GameCube install base:

America - 12.94 million
Other - 4.77 million

 

Wii install base:

America - 10.61 million
Other - 7.94 million

 


Very interesting.  Given all of the info in this thread, 800k seems like a reasonable week 1 estimate for the US.