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polezo on 16 September 2008

I just noticed MKWii past Halo 3's sales curve this week, and will likely pass its worldwide total as early as next month!  Many of us saw this coming by the time MK was released (because by this point we all saw the the "Blue Ocean" was real), but lets think back even further.  

If you asked your 2006 self "how likely is it that the next Mario Kart will outsell the next Halo?"  What would be the response?  My 2006 response would be: "not very," to say the least.

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Mario+Kart+Wii+-+Wii®2=All&game2=Metal+Gear+Solid+4%3A+Guns+of+the+Patriots+-+PS3®3=All&game3=Halo+3+-+X360&weeks=100 

(MSG4 technically trails Motorstorm as the PS3's top selling exclusive, but will pass it within the year)



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disolitude on 16 September 2008

This is amazing...wow...umm...xbox is doomed?

Thats the standard reply right?

Seriously though...if Xbox was getting one decent game every 3 months I'm sure Halo would still sell like hotcakes. But im not here to make excuses...congrats to Mario Kart.



Wetcoaster on 16 September 2008

Mario Kart has always been a strong game and great for all gamers so it's not really that much of a surprise to me.



MrBubbles on 16 September 2008

mario kart is a casual game. are you actually suggesting it isnt...or have i misinterpreted what you said?



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darthdevidem01 on 16 September 2008

Cool

It will be fun to see this once GT 5 outsells MS & MGS4's LTD sales within 3 weeks of it being out on the market



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woopah on 16 September 2008

only halo 3 line comes up for me



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chenguo4 on 16 September 2008

I think it's a shame MK passed Smash... But I guess Brawl does pale in comparison to Melee. Still though.




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darthdevidem01 on 16 September 2008
chenguo4 said:
I think it's a shame MK passed Smash... But I guess Brawl does pale in comparison to Melee. Still though.

NO! Brawl deserved to trash MK Wii!!

 



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polezo on 16 September 2008
MrBubbles said:
mario kart is a casual game. are you actually suggesting it isnt...or have i misinterpreted what you said?

 

 You misinterpreted.  I meant when MK came out this past spring, we had seen the impact of the casual audience on consoles, and as such many of us expected MK to see stellar sales as a bridge title (selling to both casuals and the core).

In 2006, I doubt many of us expected these casuals at all...

Seriously. MK outselling Halo?  Think back to the days of the Gamecube and try and tell me you saw that coming...



TWRoO on 16 September 2008
polezo said:
MrBubbles said:
mario kart is a casual game. are you actually suggesting it isnt...or have i misinterpreted what you said?

 

 You misinterpreted.  I meant when MK came out this past spring, we had seen the impact of the casual audience on consoles, and as such many of us expected MK to see stellar sales as a bridge title (selling to both casuals and the core).

In 2006, I doubt many of us expected these casuals at all...

Seriously. MK outselling Halo?  Think back to the days of the Gamecube and try and tell me you saw that coming...

Erm, you realise Mario Kart Double Dash has sold more than the orignal Halo right?

Had I thought about it, I would have seen this coming yes, the GameCube failed in the markets where Mario Kart matters most (Europe and Japan) If it hadn't Double Dash could have outsold Halo 2 as well.... Mario Karts appeal is huge.

Halo's appeal is mostly limited to Americans (as are a lot of XB and X360 games) and the XB happened to do quite well in America.