Okay I misread that bit but still even saying it is likely it will do under 7m... I just don't know man. Is this what is considered likely these days?
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Mario Kart 8 Sells More Than 1.2 Million Units Worldwide Over First Weekend
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Okay I misread that bit but still even saying it is likely it will do under 7m... I just don't know man. Is this what is considered likely these days?
Aquamarine
Member
Woohoo nicely done nintendo!
I'm laughing so hard right now.
The tears that would be shed if the next F-Zero game was an HD remake of GX instead of a fully fledged new game with online multiplayer.
Who am I kidding, NintendoGAF would probably rejoice anyway.
giancarlo123x
Banned
I won't lie, I'm impressed.
It'll probably get bundled at some point so it would depend on what other SW Nintendo comes up with to move units.
BananaSprinkles
Banned
I think you and I have a different definition for the word "majority."
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Picked up a Wii U today for £100 off a guy who was selling a used one with NSMBU and SM3DW. Got the last copy of MK8 on the way home from GAME and a pro controller.
Deserved, but there are quite a few niggles. The fucking view race button shouldn't be the first option, it should be next race. The rubberbanding at 150cc is just ridiculous. I have started to slow down and stay in 4-6th for the first two laps and then push for the finish line in the last lap with sweet bounty from the boxes. Being in first has never sucked this hard before. It feels like Nintendo tried too hard to force "fun" so that the person in last doesn't feel left out. I don't know how else to explain the continued existence of the blue shell in its current incarnation of completely fucking the first placed player over.
There needs to be a way to disable the gamepad completely. It is uncomfortable and gives me hand ache after a while. Pro controller > *.
Otherwise, really enjoyable, some of the new tracks are great.
Hate that they have butchered RRN64 though, fuck checkpoints.
Deserved, but there are quite a few niggles. The fucking view race button shouldn't be the first option, it should be next race. The rubberbanding at 150cc is just ridiculous. I have started to slow down and stay in 4-6th for the first two laps and then push for the finish line in the last lap with sweet bounty from the boxes. Being in first has never sucked this hard before. It feels like Nintendo tried too hard to force "fun" so that the person in last doesn't feel left out. I don't know how else to explain the continued existence of the blue shell in its current incarnation of completely fucking the first placed player over.
There needs to be a way to disable the gamepad completely. It is uncomfortable and gives me hand ache after a while. Pro controller > *.
Otherwise, really enjoyable, some of the new tracks are great.
Hate that they have butchered RRN64 though, fuck checkpoints.
fredrancour
Member
It seems like kind of a given that a full-scale new fzero would fail to make its money back. GX HD would be exciting because even if we want a new one horribly, we know it doesn't actually make an ounce of sense for Nintendo to throw away that much money appeasing a tiny niche.
Or at least, I am personally comfortable with admitting when my preferences are niche enough that catering to them is kind of sort of a horrible money-sink.
LegendofLex
Member
Mario Kart 7 hasn't even sold 10m, and the franchise sales comparisons between 3DS and Wii U don't really favor Wii U hitting half that. And obviously GameCube was in a much better position than Wii U is today, and Double Dash didn't even hit 7m.
People crapped on me to a similar degree when I predicted that NSMB2 would do well, but bomb by NSMB standards.
Woohoo nicely done nintendo!
THIS GIF. LOL
CrimsonCommie
Member
Lol
Zelda is a given. Metroid is likely coming back but it could be a 3DS game.
lightzGamin
Banned
These sales don't matter if this game is not enticing people to buy a Wii U, after all this game was billed as the "Wii U savior". So far it looks like no one is buying Wii u for this game.
You can put the gamepad to sleep if you press the home button in game and go to control settings
LegendofLex
Member
Based on...?
CrimsonCommie
Member
What? How can you say that when there hasn't been any news in hardware sales? Well other than the 666% increase in UK
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Well, hope this is a start of something good for Wii U!
Imagine if it didn't sell! Whew! Sigh of relief.
Imagine if it didn't sell! Whew! Sigh of relief.
I REALLY feel like they need to drop the price of the WiiU at E3...I think that, in combination with these stellar MK8 sales AND a kick ass E3 could really start a fire that could start to significantly expand the user base.
You do realize this is 20%...in 3 DAYS, right? RIGHT?...I don't know what you are on, but that IS ridiculous lol
You do realize this is 20%...in 3 DAYS, right? RIGHT?...I don't know what you are on, but that IS ridiculous lol
Going after Kuchera because of the prediction Mario Kart 8 will be the lowest selling Mario Kart game is futile, they should be tweeting the new and improved Polygon graphs to him.
Goldenmoney
Member
Pretty awesome numbers. I'm not usually one to buy a game on launch, but I simply could not resist this time.
reptilescorpio
Member
Great start!
Thought MK7 would have been higher, still get to see the series is a big earner for Ninty
Thought MK7 would have been higher, still get to see the series is a big earner for Ninty
Ulysses 31
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zomgbbqftw
Banned
Well that definitely isn't true because I bought one. Not many is probably a good shout, but no one is a huge exaggeration since Wii U sales rose by 666% in the UK this week.
ThatRandomCliff
Member
Good sales.
I bout it. I am enjoying it a lot. I haven't tried the online yet though, I'm trying to get 3 stars on everything first.
With the free game promotion I got Wind Waker.
I bout it. I am enjoying it a lot. I haven't tried the online yet though, I'm trying to get 3 stars on everything first.
With the free game promotion I got Wind Waker.
Didn't you hear? The Wii U install base is capped at 6 million.
Hellshingu
Member
The MK8 bundle got me to finally get around to investing in a WiiU and a few others I know are going to be getting one as well once they can get their hands on one. Sooooo a little premature on that claim there.
blankempathy
Member
yep they threw that tidbit in at the end with a link to their prediction article. They're so bitter.
blankempathy
Member
Their wishful thinking.
*fans myself* wooooo I'm not sure what I was expecting with that one but it was good
Woohoo nicely done nintendo!
zeopower6
Member
Even if it sounds bitter, isn't it really likely? :/
LegendofLex
Member
Iwata already basically confirmed no price drop this year.
On the bright side, sounds like they've greatly reduced the hardware losses. But since they're trying to balance expenses and revenues, and since Iwata is saying "almost no loss this fiscal year from hardware," sounds like there won't be a price cut until next year at least.
LegendofLex
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reelbigtink
Member
Whether it's likely or not, it shouldn't have even been listed. It looks like bias and that's got no place in "news". But whatever, I'm still pretty happy either way.
LegendofLex
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Providing relevant, hand-picked content backlinks is a bad thing now?
If you double the Wii U install base, you still need significantly more than half of Wii U owners to buy Mario Kart for it to break out of the worst three.
blankempathy
Member
Perhaps but mk8 nearly sold their total projected lifetime sales in 3 days so they could of left that part out eaten the crow and been bigger then that.
Haha my bad, for some reason I completely missed that : | feeling kinda dumb. I had tried to look up DD numbers before and had seen Wikipedia say 7 million but it was a questionable source, my bad.
Based on what?
Atleast GAF seems to be buying it
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=779798
LegendofLex
Member
No worries. Nintendo almost never breaks down franchise sales like this, so I'm not surprised you didn't notice/think about it.
Dunno. I would think the hardcore Nintendo loyalist knows precisely what the WiiU is, and doesn't need an update on MK graphics to "see the light". Especially since that audience has been repeatingly assuring everyone that graphics don't really matter.
donny2112 said:
Not convinced by this either. The main issue comes from the Wiii____ conundrum mostly, and the fact that Nintendo has originally been showing and advertising this as mostly "the new gamepad". Not the fact that there's updated graphics now.
I'd think people who care enough about graphics/tech wouldn't have been confused past the original announcement.