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Mario Kart 8 Sells More Than 1.2 Million Units Worldwide Over First Weekend
- Thread starter zakislam
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blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
I believe there's this transitional period.. 'Limbo' or something.
Smiles and Cries
Member
ice cold lol
And_Gignac
Member
I understand Wii U circumstances, but still I was expecting over 2m considering the last home console Mario Kart is the best selling non-bundled game of all time.
I don't doubt that possilbility of an 8K bump, but the way it was said in your previous post made it seem like you had a hard number.
Just wanted to be sure.
But what other upcoming games are going to post similar results (which are great but amazing when you look at them objectively).
You have Smash in 5/6 months but what about in between? It's too early to call anything tbh.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
All Wii U owners need to do now, is invite buddies for multiplayer mayhem sessions. I did my first local MP session yesterday at a friend's: there's nothing like that on the market. Absolutely nothing. Pure riots, screaming and laughter
Takeda Kenshi
blew Staal
You mention all of those titles with absolutely no sign of Wonderful 101?
For shame bro, for shame.
Graphics Horse
Member
No, it was compared to 2014 hardware projections, I'm not sure if they mean launch or the end of the year.
BubblegumCrisis
Member
Nope, was just me assuming a weekly average based on what I've seen in various PAL threads and the fact WiiU did around 150k in its first 12 months in UK (which averages 2.8k a week including holiday bumps) given it's had a hard time in the UK as of late I can't imagine it's grown much (possibly even shrunk) but I'm open to being proved wrong!
Still, it's the US and Japan bump/figures, we're all really waiting for.
That's the thing. I don't have a Wii U because honestly, none of those games save MK8 and Smash interest me enough to buy a system. Furthermore, the price of a Wii U is still the biggest barrier to hardcore gamers sitting on the fence like myself. This is getting off topic, but Nintendo fans need to realize like with MS, Nintendo has some deeper issues with Wii U not selling outside of games and price at least to the casual crowd.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
These are sales from a single weekend
1.2 millions in three days for a dying console
consider the context. Damn impressive i say
rokkerkory
Member
See great games do sell the console!
Brilliant
And well deserved. There are still quite a lot of people who will get it in the coming weeks and I hope this positive attitude will boost the image of the Wii U some more. Not saying there's nothing wrong with Wii U, but it does deserve some more attention than it did untill now imo.
It's not really a front loaded game though compared to other franchises.
So we just need to wait.
3DW had a pretty mediocre first week, like 100K in Japan, and less than 200K first month in NA I believe. Now it was at 2.21 million with like a 33%ish attach rate recently.
And 3DW wasn't bundled. So we'll see.
Smash probably won't be bundled, though. Hard to compare the two.
2014: LUIGI'S REVENGE
not really impressive? lol ok
wiser than Janet Weiss
Canis lupus
Member
I'm happy it's doing well, Nintendo needs some success with the wiiu to keep them motivated to develop games for it. I still think it will be one of the least successful MK games though.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Polygon Predictions vs Mario Kart 8 first week
Just a bit more to go!.
What are you basing this on?
You're ignoring important variables.
This game deserves these sales. Fantastic game.
Actually got a friend who thought the gamepad was for the wii, to want a wii u. He even bragged on fb that he was playing mk8.
It's also their franchise with the best online play.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
See great games do sell the console!
We don't have WiiU bumb numbers, yet.
Fantastic news. Hopefully Nintendo continue developing downloadable content for the game to extend the life and fix some of the messier modes (battle, namely). But it's a solid game and Nintendo deserves a financial success given the critical acclaim some of the Wii U first-party titles have given.
Same as PS4 and X1 right now anyway. Especially PS4 since the only remaining big exclusive for this year they have now is Driveclub. Obviously E3 is next week so the three companies are going to show some new unnanounced games to be released this year but ya'.
BassForever
Member
I don't see how that's possible given this pie chart.
Using a pie chart makes no sense here.
Then again, seems like most gaming journalists aren't even qualified for tabloids.
Immaculate
Banned
like I'm not even understanding how some of you are saying this is bad. In 3 days it reached 1.2 million. That's amazing without even regarding the fact its on the Wii U
While I agree with this, I find the idea to "project" MK8 sales and show them alongside other MK LTD sales defeats the purpose of the comparison. Probably an opening week comparison chart would've been better
I hope it does well. It shits all over the Wii version and is easily my favourite Mario Kart to date (hell, I'm actually hoping for DLC, and that doesn't happen often!)
I still don't think it's going to turn the Wii U's fortunes around much, what with Smash Wii U not being until 6 months after everyone already played the 3DS version, but considering how miserable the environment for the console and its games were up until now this is really great news.
I still don't think it's going to turn the Wii U's fortunes around much, what with Smash Wii U not being until 6 months after everyone already played the 3DS version, but considering how miserable the environment for the console and its games were up until now this is really great news.
JinjoUnchained
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I don't mean to imply that the random elements are gone, just that they are better balanced out by skill-based advantages, like you mentioned. With MK Wii, I was always waiting for the other shoe to drop when I got into 1st or 2nd place. Most wins came when you lingered around 3rd/4th and waited for the leaders to get knocked back by some random BS. That still happens sometimes with MK8, but it's a lot rarer because of difficult shortcuts (like the one in the Thwomp level), the coin mechanic, better defensive items, rarer drops for Blue Shells/Lightning, and the ability to keep your item after being hit. All of those things reward skill.
My overall point though is that a game can be more competitive and still appeal to a wide audience. Developers don't have to water down game balance and give everyone a participation ribbon to get sales.
I figure it's their big holiday game and the bundle they're going to push is the MK8 bundle.
There was no 3D World bundle either.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
My guess:
400k Japan
500k US
300k EU
400k Japan
500k US
300k EU
They should include luigi's death stare in a commercial.