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Mario Kart 8 sells (to consumers) ~2 million units in 1 month WW
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Chance Hale
Member
The Mario Kart series started on the SNES so it's the amount of games in the series sold compared against Nintendo consoles sold since the SNES launched. Attachment rates and such.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I'm surprised this thread is still only on page 2
whoops, spoke too soon.
whoops, spoke too soon.
Isn't that pretty much every game ever? What software doesn't sell the bulk of its software in the first few days? I can only think of evergreen titles like CoD, GTA and a few of the past Mario games.
oneils
Member
Not sure why people thought that post was a dig at nintendo. Don't think he meant it as an insult.
Randolph Freelander
Member
Very good sales, once confirmed. I have no doubt this game will continue to attach very well to the system.
Infinite Xero
Member
Lol. It would be funny if there were actually more software sales then hardware owners.
Are there more Vitas than Wii-Us or is it the opposite?
Jaded Alyx
Member
The opposite.
PaulExcellent
Member
i doooooooont believe its
too meny copys wn ters no usrs
too meny copys wn ters no usrs
Chezzymann
Member
The "unconfirmed" part is probably repelling some attention
2 million out 6ish bought the game month 1, thats a pretty fantastic attach rate.
2 million in under a month isn't impressive now?
Solid Samus
Banned
people are maybe reading a little too far into the intent of the post because really i mean that's as has been pointed out normal for the majority of games and therefore not all that relevant as far as i can tell
plus its based on zero actual data anyway
Mysterious
Banned
How much did Mario Kart Wii do in a comparable amount of time globally?
Freezie KO
Banned
2 million sold, but how many friendships ruined?
Conflicts strengthen friendships. At least that's what my father told me.
Quadraphonic
Member
There is actually something to be seen in this, although they do a shit job of explaining it.
The whole point of that article was sales of MK as a percentage of sales of the console it's on.
IE: Let's figure out if we can predict the attach rate.
That pie chart represents the attach rate. A 50:50 split would be ideal, since the two values were combined, as opposed to the blue shard being on TOP of the hardware sales, which would make 100:0 the ideal view for a perfect attach rate.
So if you mentally divide that circle down the middle, the blue share is what % of Nintendo console owners generally buy Mario Kart.
Yes, it's poorly done, but there is data to get out of it.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Well deserved. A brilliant entry for the series.
That being said: Fuck fire flowers.
That being said: Fuck fire flowers.
Oh, it's been like that for a while. In fact it was at first place for more than a week.
Freezie KO
Banned
Your father lived in a time before the blue shell.
JumpJeff84
Member
Isn't the purpose of bar graphs to provide a very quick visual representation of a concept? This bar graph actually takes more time to parse than if the author had actually just written out the point he/she was trying to make.
Hell, even if the author had written his/ her point in Swedish and made me enter it into Google translate that still would have been quicker than deciphering this 'quick visual representation'
fredrancour
Member
It's part of the business model. You invite people over. The game incites raw hatred. Your friends have sworn to never see you again, but crave more of that sweet kartamphetamine. They need to buy their own consoles for their fix. Instant sales.
OmegaDL50
Member
Even more so there was an individual who said that Mario Kart 8 at most will sell 200k units in that same topic.
This was probably a stupid thing to say just on the basis of being Mario Kart 8 in of itself regardless what game it was up against.
Not much different then the other statement saying Mario Kart 8 wouldn't sell more then 200k.
WooHooAlex
Member
So it's a flop?
I'm kidding, please don't kill me, GAF.
go away
Yeah, it's a pointless graph, but not very difficult to understand.
Randolph Freelander
Member
No, it's a highly successful game that is attaching extremely and will continue to do so as the Wii U creeps its way to whatever number of units it will ultimately ship.
Not cool brah.
Maxis cutting out features and only launching the game with a 32 bit launcher (no 64 bit) so the game is locked at 4gb ram
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=845072
AcademicSaucer
Member
Neff
Member
Good word of mouth will get it, and Wii Us, into lots of homes. Coupled with Smash, It's going to do very well.
The secret is instantly identifiable characters and good game design.
Except that it's not a secret, just incredibly difficult.
The Main Event
Member
Even Craig Ferguson is playing it.
The hype is real.
The hype is real.
This is very true.
Giving me a free game with my purchase of the latest Ubisoft title would help matters too
Shhh no lists, just front-loading now.
TrAcEr_x90
Member
Got home from work today, and all I wanted to do to unwind was kick my buddies butt in another state at some mario kart 8. We played a good hour straight!
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Amazing attention to detail. Gorgeous. Plays fantastically. Probably the most balanced MK has ever been
kunonabi
Member
all it takes is effort and good communication.
None of that really seems to justify those sales numbers to me.