Sales Battle of the Day (9/29) - Mario Kart Wii vs. New Super Mario Bros.

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09tarheel on 27 September 2009

Thread Description: In this series of posts I will usually be picking two games that are related in some way and that I think will see similar sales. A follow up article will be posted on 9/29 with results from the poll as well as some of the best reasoned arguments from the thread. So please comment thoughtfully.

Sales Battle of the Day

Article to be posted 9/29

Mario Kart Wii vs. New Super Mario Bros.

Description: Mario has seen a huge resurgence this generation on both the Wii and the DS. Today's Sales Battle of the Day is looking at which of the current two top selling Mario games this generation will finish with the higher total sales.

Column1	Last Weeks sales	Last Month's Average sales	Total sales
Mario Kart Wii	76,359	78,136	17,445,404
New Super Mario Bros.	41,882	40,343	19,415,814
Difference	34,477	37,793	-1,970,410

Based on that information here is a look at how long it would take Mario Kart Wii to catch up.

Column	Based on Last Week's sales	Based on last month's average weekly sales
# of weeks until Mario Kart Wii outsells New Super Mario Bros.	57.15	52.14

What Mario Kart Wii has going...

For it: Higher weekly total sales. Close to catching up despite being out less than half the time of New Super Mario Bros. The Wii price cut should increase Wii sales which will likely increase Mario Kart Wii sales.

Against it: Still has ~2 million units to catch up. The pace at which it was catching up to New Super Mario Bros. has decreased lately.

What New Super Mario Bros. has going...

For it: Currently has the sales lead. If it is like Mario Kart DS the Wii sequel will increase its sales. Sometimes bundled with the DS.

Against it: Being outsold by Mario Kart Wii on a weekly basis. Has been out much longer than Mario Kart Wii and only has a relatively small lead to show for it. Possible the Wii sequel will actually slow sells of the DS version.

Vote for what game you think will win in the poll in the seond post, then leave a comment with your reasoning.

Previous Sales Battle Threads

Guitar Hero 5 vs. The Beatles Rock Band (9/19)

Call of Duty 4 vs. Grand Theft Auto 4 (9/16)

Wii Fit vs. Wii Play (9/13)

Column	Based on Last Week's sales	Based on last month's average weekly sales
# of weeks until Mario Kart Wii outsells New Super Mario Bros.	57.15	52.14

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koffieboon on 27 September 2009

I voted for Mario Kart. Wii will continue to sell longer than DS and those sales will help Mario Kart to overcome NSMB.

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09tarheel on 28 September 2009

I need a lot more votes and comments for the article tomorrow. Please vote and then leave a comment including why you voted for the game you did.

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With he price cut of the Wii also Mario Kart will be boosted, being one of the Wii's evergreen titles...in less than one year it will overpass NSMB (if it keeps selling at least at this rate).

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Naum on 28 September 2009

MKW I think... will probably get a boost by the Wii pricecut. MKW has a attach rate of 33%

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famousringo on 28 September 2009

I thought MKW had already crushed NSMB.

Well, it's gonna. :)

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sonyfanatic on 28 September 2009

Mario Kart simply because it will sell for a longer time and i do agree that NSMB wii might actually slow down sales even if not much.

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Orca_Azure on 28 September 2009

I went with kart for pretty much the same reason everyone else did

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