Mario Kart 7 came out 8 months after launch... earlier in its platform's lifecycle than MK8, yes, but calling it a "launch title" is still a stretch.
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Mario Kart 8 Boosts Wii U Sales by 4.1x in NOA week over week
- Thread starter vinnygambini
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Mario Kart 7 came out 8 months after launch... earlier in its platform's lifecycle than MK8, yes, but calling it a "launch title" is still a stretch.
good to know!
they had a x2 boost in Japan, a x6 boost in UK and a x10 boost in France from what we know, so this is quite good. obviously being the game released on May 30 (I think), the boost will be split in two NPD months, if the game will continue helping the HW
Nothing mind blowing but still something...
they had a x2 boost in Japan, a x6 boost in UK and a x10 boost in France from what we know, so this is quite good. obviously being the game released on May 30 (I think), the boost will be split in two NPD months, if the game will continue helping the HW
Nothing mind blowing but still something...
Good to see those sales coming up. The Wii U isn't going to be a crazy success, but between MK and Smash I'm sure they can still salvage things and end up doing alright.
I would hopefully like to see Wii U get a normal console lifespan and not get cut short after Zelda releases next year.
I would hopefully like to see Wii U get a normal console lifespan and not get cut short after Zelda releases next year.
dolabla
Member
Same here. I'm pulling for them real hard. Only thing it did wrong was there wasn't many games to play. That's completely changed now. The current lineup/future lineup is legit. I love my Wii U. It's been getting way more playing time than my PS4.
Mario Kart is saved!
Captain Smoker
Member
That would be >100.000 hardware units for May.
Diprosalic
Banned
Melee was the best selling GC game no?
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
That's what I was expecting, approximately 100k for May, and possibly greater for June.
Yes that is the correct math, so can someone who knows what us ltd was at end of April math that out for us? It will put us in the May eom range for units
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Hopefully they can carry this momentum from MK8 & E3 until Smash hits. The problem is that outside of Wii Sports Club, they really don't have anything else of note until Hyrule Warriors hits in September.
Leatherface
Member
So, my friend, who I've been sending propaganda to all week after getting a Wii U, went out to buy one himself yesterday after seeing a gif of the new Zelda game. Hook line and sinker. Haha. Anyway, he had a hard time finding one initially. Everywhere he went, including Bestbuy and Gamestop, were sold out. Hope that's a sign of the impact MK has made. For me it has been a system seller. MK8 is a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. Anyway, love me Wii U. The time to buy is now!!!
I keep thinking that Nintendo underestimated Matio Kart and overestimated NSMB, in terms of sales.
Wait a minute, I will ask the mellard duck.
Wait a minute, I will ask the mellard duck.
That's pretty accurate, thanks Microsoft for the info.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Melee won by 90,000 units according to Nintendo's PR (for Melee - 7.09 million) and Guiness (7 million for MK
D)aronnov reborn
Banned
My wife just bought me a refurbished Wii U deluxe from Nintendo's site for $200 and then picked up Mario Kart 8 for me today for father's day!
definitely helped me want one.. plus hyrule warriors coming up.
definitely helped me want one.. plus hyrule warriors coming up.
It definitely seems like they misread how the market would respond to NSMB. They released two of them too close together so people weren't necessarily hungry for another one.
I think they know exactly what MK8 and Smash can do for them though. It's why we haven't seen a ton of panic moves from them like drastic price drops or new SKUs.
Captain Smoker
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Yes.
Super Smash Bros. Melee - 7.090.000
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 6.880.000
Super Mario Sunshine - 5.810.000
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 4.420.000
Your logic is backwards, the earlier in a platform's lifecycle a game launches the easier it is to manage a higher attach rate.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Good job, Nintendo. Game is great
rokkerkory
Member
Good stuff Nintendo.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
This is great news!
Shamrock7r
Member
Great. Hope they get more support as it looks like I'll be getting one this holiday for Smash.
ChainsawFilms
Member
Good for Nintendo, but let's see if this does anything substantial to reverse the WiiU fortunes. I don't think it will, but you never know.
Wow, Brawl practically doubled those numbers. And no, I don't think the massive Wii Fit demographic bought too many copies of Brawl.
Father_Brain
Banned
It also, unlike MK8, came out during the holidays, so MK8 resulting in a larger week-over-week relative sales boost is less surprising and therefore less relevant than Nintendo would like you to believe.
Whenever a first party only talks hardware sales in relative terms, you should be suspicious. This is no exception.
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Deleted member 125677
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Extremely deserved. The game in online crack, plays like a dream, looks amazing and is fun as hell
Captain Smoker
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 12.140.000
Super Smash Bros. Melee - 7.090.000
Super Smash Bros. - 5.550.000
Man you are much better than me. I am working on 100cc but have almost every regular part (I have the kids farming coins in multiplayer) and am so frustrated with the normal mario kart dynamic of getting blasted on lap 3 3/4 of the way through the track that I don't know if I have the patience to keep doing it. Online is pretty awesome though. Hopped on real quick and found a friend and was able to join him.
Gbpackers31
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I have the US LTD ~2.35M at the end of April. ~150k in May seems too high... My monthly numbers are probably off by a couple thousand here and there though.
Off by two million copies
Aaron Strife
Banned
All you have to do is look at the software sales of Nintendo's stalwart franchises to see that Wii's massive popularity wasn't exclusively fueled by the Wii Sports/Wii Fit crowd. SMG, SMG2, Twilight Princess, DKCR, Brawl and Mario Kart were all big hits and outsold their Gamecube predecessors.
The console being so cheap made it an easy sell to gamers even though its third party support wasn't great. Those gamers were probably expecting/hoping Wii U to be similar, which is why you see the "wait until it's $199" line so often.
ambientmystic
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Yep, the tally as of April for the 3 current gen consoles in the US are as follows:-
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LTD as of April 2014:
1) PS4 - 3.11 million (+0.47 million from XBO, +0.76 million from Wii U) ~200k
2) XBO - 2.64 million (+0.29 million from Wii U) ~110k
3) Wii U - 2.35 million ~50kNow whether or not this increase would be enough to tip the Wii U over the Xbone for May in the US is the question.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
So WiiU did 150k for May
2.5-2.35
2.5-2.35
Well at least we can now ballpark say 90k to 150k which is a huge range but puts a more reasonable 100 to 125 k in sight which would be good for them especially if they can get to the fall with that momentum
Black Nectar
Banned
MK7 wasn't a launch title.
Didn't 3D Land come out before MK7, and thats not even considered a launch title. WTF bro.
demosthenes
Member
Good news for Nintendo. Hopefully this continues, they had a great E3.
Brian_FETO
Banned
I just ordered a refurbished Wii U from the Nintendo store. I love Mario Kart and wanted 8, but just wanted to wait for E3 to know that there are more Wii U titles coming in the next year or two that interest me. Captain Toad, Splatoon, Zelda, Bayonetta 1/2 and even Devil's Third sold me. It'll be a MK8 machine that occasionally gets some other fun titles
Hopefully the console gets a good push from the upcoming titles and is supported past 2015
Hopefully the console gets a good push from the upcoming titles and is supported past 2015
Aaron Strife
Banned
150k? That seems alright.
Hopefully it'll see similar numbers for June.
Hopefully it'll see similar numbers for June.
theprodigy
Member
Range is 75k-220k, have to consider rounding but it's probably ~120k or so
Happy for MK. Well deserved, but man if it doesn't make me want to chuck my controller out of a window sometimes! Online drivers are brutal!
Even now, I, quite literally, have no idea what relationship they were trying to show.
After the initial laughter and joking wore off, I really stared at that graph and tried to figure it out.
Even now, I, quite literally, have no idea what relationship they were trying to show.
Great news.
It still hasn't been enough to push a single one of my friends ('gamer' or otherwise) to get one; they all cite the price as being the barrier to entry. None of them wants to spend more than $200. But they're apparently all in as soon as Zelda hits...the power of that franchise, eh?
It still hasn't been enough to push a single one of my friends ('gamer' or otherwise) to get one; they all cite the price as being the barrier to entry. None of them wants to spend more than $200. But they're apparently all in as soon as Zelda hits...the power of that franchise, eh?