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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Best selling game in UK in April
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LFMartins86
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Yeah, MK8D probably hasn't reached 100K in the UK, sales in April were just bad.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
I can honestly see retailers rally the switch I mean it really is one of their last hopes for relevance and decent margin's. low digital percentages, continue high software prices decent margin's on used games. They better hope the switch does well.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Eh there's plenty that's implied it's gone waaaaaay past that. There was comparisons to it not quite beating Mario Kart Wii's launch and that it itself was far above that.
It means there is no god.
Dark Cloud
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We didn't even know it. This was Nintendo Land 2 all along.
Good Guy Gone Bad
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Unsurprising considering the lack of high-profile new releases during the month of April. Still, #1 is #1, so congrats.
Well it majorly outsold the sega Saturn
Good job Nintendo, it's getting harder and harder to deny the siren call of the switch
Its sold out in Tesco but Argos has few of the grey ones in stock
It was the biggest new release of the month. What other game came out that should of sold more? Also software sales are rather low this month. Did Mario kart even sell a 100k first week? Sure it was below that and even still it was the number one game of the month.
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And the 3DS!
NOLA_Gaffer
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No surprises detected.
Claude Augario
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Is Lego Worlds really that popular?
entremet
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This is a false.
The Wii/DS were massive in the UK.
The issue is that the Wii U was a bomb pretty much everywhere.
BladeoftheImmortal
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That's how videogame sales work.
It's probably a marketing thing for the UK.
LordOcidax
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Damn...
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Saint Titanfall
Nah I'd say it's largely true. The Wii and DS were massive everywhere they're amongst the highest selling consoles/handhelds of all time. All Nintendo consoles outside of the wii didn't sell particularly well however. Handhelds faired much better but even the 3DS did mediocrely last gen.
entremet
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Didn't the N64 do rather well in the UK? Same with Super Nintendo, GB/C, and GBA?
It's cheaper and reminds people of Minecraft I guess, sad to see the better LEGO game selling less.
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Saint Titanfall
Nah, PS1 kicked it's ass all up through Sunday. Even the megadrive was highly competitive with the snes here.
frankie_baby
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Its worth noting that relative to population Wii was bigger in the UK than any country in the world and DS second only to Japan
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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Not really that impressive, hardly anybody buys games in the U.K.
Only casual games on those system sold well. Games such as Twilight Princess sold way more in Germany and France than UK
frankie_baby
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Have you got anything to back that up?
entremet
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Oh yeah, PS1 kicked ass like no other that gen.
Your point? All games on the list are below MK8 hence the thread title.
test_account
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I'm more surprised to see GTA5 at number 3 
I know that the game has been selling steady for a long time, but not that it would chart that high. But regardless, nice success for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!
I know that the game has been selling steady for a long time, but not that it would chart that high. But regardless, nice success for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! Principate
Saint Titanfall
I'm not surprised by that the wii was really big here. I remember every single care home hospice etc having one the wii was absolutely massive here massive here and handhelds have always been strong until last gen. I just really see the same level of nostalgia here for Nintendo characters though. Mario is well known but he wasn't as intrinsic part of many childhoods as the nes and snes didn't penetrate as much. Pokémon did however penetrate like an atom bomb. I didn't even see or know about a Gameboy until pokemon came out and then everyone had one.
frankie_baby
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Gameboy was massive at the start, tetris and super mario land were huge (the theme tunes to both even ended up being turned into terrible hit pop singles)
Jonneh3003
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I'm more surprised to see GTA5 at number 3
There's always more parents deciding their kids are old enough for GTAV, I don't think the sales will slow down until GTAVI.
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Gameboy is like the definition of slow and steady wins the race, that shit last for decades.
ArtHands
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I am just saying. I think you should relax.
Jonneh3003
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it's not really that impressive. all the mario kart fans are going to buy this game anyway so sales are probably going to die down after the first 8 million or so. also, nintendo handhelds always do well so this is not that impressive. also, lots of games are the are the best selling games in april in the uk so it shouldn't shock people when another game does that.
test_account
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Thats possible. Looking forward to see the sales of GTA6.
And if you look even further down on the list, you see Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 and For Honor
To be fair, i think it was a fair enough question to ask why you mentioned it.Nope dont try to bs anyone here. You specifically mention HZD for no reason at all. Come on be honest, just tell us what you really trying to say.
The perfect Dark
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dat salt
sixteen-bit
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Congrats to Nintendo
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
What I am really trying to say is Horizon Zero Dawn is below Zelda on the list.
Hot Coldman
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He's probably not wrong. Persona's at #7 yet it sold out and its quantity was low. Wouldn't have happened in a busy month.
MK8DX would be Top 10 at any rate I'm sure.
LFMartins86
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From the PAL charts thread :
MK8 Deluxe must have sold around 70k in it's first week, it dropped 71% last week which would put it at 20k for that week. As I thought, MK8 Deluxe hasn't reached 100k in the UK.
The guy is just giving his observation about the state of the UK boxed market. But I guess "uhhhh le salt" is the appropriate response one should expect when it comes to Switch software talk that is not praise.
MK8 pulled off an impressive feat in the UK, but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be any concerns about the general numbers of software sales in the country.
There's a very high chance that whatever MK8D has sold, it represents an attach rate of over 50% already.
Calm Mind
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Was the source a butt?
frankie_baby
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With digital it may have done, its been topping the uk eshop chart (pretty much since it released i think)