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[vinnygambini]

Coming from Nintendo's Analyst meeting at E3 from David Gibbson.

#Nintendo said MK8 attach rate in US was 18% versus 7% for MK7. MK8 boosted WiiU sales 4.1x week over week v. MK7 2.4x

#Nintendo in analyst meeting said in usa sold 450k of MK8 in 3 days versus 250k on MK7.

 

[Illusive_Juan]

Very well deserved!

 

[DrFaustPhD]

Mario Kart 8 has been my addiction lately. This is good news.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

What was the boost for Xbox when Titanfall came out?

 

[ShellyDeKiller]

David Gibson @gibbogame
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#nintendo in analyst meeting said in usa sold 450k of MK8 in 3 days versus 250k on MK7.




David Gibson @gibbogame
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#Nintendo said MK8 attach rate in US was 18% versus 7% for MK7. MK8 boosted WiiU sales 4.1x week over week v. MK7 2.4x

https://twitter.com/gibbogame

lock if old.

 

[koopas]

What was the boost for Xbox when Titanfall came out?

"Flying off the shelves"

 

[Pai Pai Master]

I'm no longer the only Wii U owner in my group of friends, thanks to MK8. Smash is gonna be a huge boost in comparison though.

 

[theprodigy]

Well I'm revising that 100k Wii U prediction down then

 

[gigantor21]

Nice.

 

[Coolwhip]

Fun game, so well deserved.

 

[Seik]

Well deserved.

This game is like crack, literally.

I keep losing online yet I'm having tons of fun and don't want to stop! D:

 

[Exploratory]

What was the boost for Xbox when Titanfall came out?

Not nearly the same amount I'd guess since it was on 2 other platforms.

 

[Timeaisis]

The most addictive online game I've played in a long, long while. Well deserved in every respect.

 

[DMczaf]

Could somebody PLEASE find Polygon, get a hold of them so I can make sense of all this?

 

[GalacticMouse]

I'm no longer the only Wii U owner in my group of friends, thanks to MK8. Smash is gonna be a huge boost in comparison though.

Smash will be the big boost in Wii U owners among my friends as well. I don't think any of my friends actually went out to buy a Wii U for MK8. I should probably have a get-together so people can try it out!

Spoiler

...and so I can play local multi for the first time...

 

[darkside31337]

Well I'm revising that 100k Wii U prediction down then

Was thinking the same thing. Boost seems way smaller than what I would have figured.

 

[Sundown]

Well deserved. I don't own a Wii U, but I want one, pretty badly after the Zelda reveal. Go Nintendo!

 

[gngf123]

"Mario Kart will sell at most 200k" - Some dude on GAF a couple of weeks ago.

Nice sales.

 

[TheSlySoul]

I am pulling for Wii U honestly. It never really did anything wrong at launch. The 3DS had the issue of price.

 

[Rolf NB]

How much did they drop the week before?

 

[Metal-Geo]

That's great news.



Now patch in Block Fort for battle mode!

 

[DaSorcerer7]

Well deserved.Hope it continues.

 

[kinggroin]

Great news.


Wish there was software to keep the momentum going, but just like this post is going to do for this thread, so will Nintendo's lineup for the Wii U

 

[HolyBaikal]

I love Mario Kart 8, it's my favourite game for the Wii U so far.

And my second favourite game I guess would be Super Mario 3D World. And I guess my third favourite would be Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze.

I'm really glad to see the Wii U is doing better. While there's a lot of things that I think that the PlayStation 4 is doing better, like using x86 AMD stuff. I really like the Wii U and it has my favourite games this generation.
So I really want it to do well.

 

[abstract alien]

"Flying off the shelves"

Lmao

 

[Anton Sugar]

But how will this affect Polygon's chart?

 

[Hrothgar]

What was the boost for Xbox when Titanfall came out?

Didn't One sales actually drop on a weekly average basis that month in comparison to March?

 

[Hypemaster]

Congrats Nintendo.

 

[Nirolak]

So per the NPD thread they did about 49k in April over four weeks.

Assuming they didn't go down in May, that'd put them with at least 50K for Mario Kart's debut week.

 

[vinnygambini]

Well I'm revising that 100k Wii U prediction down then

I'm positive it sold approximately 100k for the month of May.

One does not know the numbers of the previous week sadly.

 

[MrBadger]

Considering the amount of enjoyment I got out of MK8 with my friends, many of which weren't even sure what a Wii U was beforehand, I'd say this is very well deserved. It's been a while since I've had this much fun with Mario Kart.

 

[GarciaHotspur]

Woaow ! very nice, good job Nintendo !

 

[DaSorcerer7]

Very nice

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Congrats Nintendo !

 

[Snkfanatic]

Great news, I have about 4 friends alone that bought that bundle once they played the game at my house.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

 

[Some Nobody]

"Mario Kart will sell at most 200k" - Some dude on GAF a couple of weeks ago.

Nice sales.

I wish we could bring back all of those goofy comments, for posterity.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

"Flying off the shelves"

That's hilarious!

I'm guessing the higher attach rate vs MK7 is due to MK7 being a launch title. Still, very impressive statistics.

 

[mr jones]

It's one of the two games that has me wanting a Wii U.

Way to go, Nintendo.

 

[RMI]

I did my part.

it's currently $48 on Amazon . Free digital game promotion runs until 7/31/14. GO GO GO GO!

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

...saved?

 

[Miles X]

May 14 was the same as April 14 last year. So assuming the first 3 weeks were the same this year (12k average) you're looking at 60k~ for launch week + the other 3 weeks at 36k. 96k for May NPD?

Is that actually good? Zelda Remake achieved higher hardware numbers ...

Edit - Oh wait no it didn't, 91k.

 

[kiguel182]

It seems like the Mario Kart bundle really paid of for them, good for Nintendo.

I'm no longer the only Wii U owner in my group of friends, thanks to MK8. Smash is gonna be a huge boost in comparison though.

Has Smash ever sold more than Mario Kart? It doesn't seem to have nearly as much as a mainstream appeal.

 

[Mpl90]

Mario Kart 8's debut (3 days) - 450,000
Attach rate - 18%
Wii U sales after MK8's debut - 2,500,000

...I think?

 

[cafemomo]

well deserved

 

[ryanmac]

I'm just happy to see people say some nice things about the Wii U. I buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo exclusives and the Wii U has not let me down yet. I'm OK with only using it three or four times a year.

 

[NateDrake]

If MK8 increased Wii U sales x4 for the week, we can estimate the Wii U sold between 60-75k for that week as Wii U generally averaged around 15k (50-60k a month) a week in USA.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Well deserved!

 

[-MD-]

I haven't played it but good for Nintendo.

 

[Spongebob]

Great news and well deserved.