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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is officially a 20 million seller (22.96m)
- Thread starter Phendrift
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i want to remain hopeful. 9 is at least 3 years away. just a couple of cups and characters to give me an excuse to go back to the game would be enough.
Cross-posting from another thread:
Also: MK8D should pass MKDS next quarter.
How say you? Who dares to defend MKWii and its prospects of retaining the first place in the MK sales hierarchy against MK8D?
Also: MK8D should pass MKDS next quarter.
Hopefully MKWii is finally dethroned and shamed for being a false king.
I stand by my only King, MK8 and his father MKDS.
I stand by my only King, MK8 and his father MKDS.
Trust me, I want to be wrong but I don't see any way they add dlc now.
Best and most complete Mario Kart, right now the best kart racer on the market. Still bummed they didn't make new tracks for the new version, but still. Deserved success here.
I don't want a new Mario Kart but I really need more DLC for MK8D, they way they remade previous tracks like Moo Moo Meadows or the SNES and N64 versions of Rainbows Road was glorious, some original tracks from the DLC packs are the best in the game... Its just need more content Nintendo come on! Just look at Smash Bros and its Fighter Passes, I know you all want that money ):
Its the catchup mechanics.
Thanks to Oscar Lemaire. MK8D is catching up with MK Wii.
MK8DX was behind Wii, so it got a golden mushroom.
isnt Captain Toad got this DLC pack in 2019 (switch port released in 2018)?
MK8D Annual Sales
2017: 7,330
2018: 7,690
2019: 7,940
LTD: 22.96M
LOL its tracking with much better legs than MKWii now. This was the best quarter of its release (ahead of Apr-Jun 2017!). It is 3.5M behind MKWii launch-aligned. Equivalent quarter was 60% ahead of MKWii (2.49M Holiday Quarter 2010). MKWii shipped 5.3M in its 3rd year (2010). Forward potential of the Switch right now seems stronger than the Wii in December 2010.
I think the Switch version will pass MKWii and hit >40M. So far its increased sales for its three years on the market. Presuming it drops to ~6M this year still keeps it well on that trajectory.
Yup.
2017: 7,330
2018: 7,690
2019: 7,940
LTD: 22.96M
LOL its tracking with much better legs than MKWii now. This was the best quarter of its release (ahead of Apr-Jun 2017!). It is 3.5M behind MKWii launch-aligned. Equivalent quarter was 60% ahead of MKWii (2.49M Holiday Quarter 2010). MKWii shipped 5.3M in its 3rd year (2010). Forward potential of the Switch right now seems stronger than the Wii in December 2010.
I think the Switch version will pass MKWii and hit >40M. So far its increased sales for its three years on the market. Presuming it drops to ~6M this year still keeps it well on that trajectory.
Yup.
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So let me get this straight. Mario Kart games sell MORE the longer it's in circulation. This is the thing isn't it. If your game isn't annualised nonsense and still holds value (ESPECIALLY multiplayer wise) the way it did when it first released; then why should you slash the product to 50% of its original value. It annoys day one buyers and the game clearly has legs for the lifespan of the consoles life; pending a sequel of course.
Mario Kart (and Nintendo software more generally) is incredibly unique in this regard. Sure, I do think it helps that there is no expectation of fast price drops, but it's also that the quality of these games is massive (Smash 93 MC, BOTW, SMO 97, MK8D 92) and they are often incredibly unique games, so they have a lot of continuous appeal since at any point in a system's lifetime, they represent a unique selling point that differentiates them from all the other software out there.
I'm not trying to single you out bc a lot of ppl bring that article up, but the whole thesis was that the Wii U is selling badly and so even if every Wii U owner bought the game it'd be the worst selling game in the series. This ended up being true, and those laughable charts don't invalidate the thesis. Same if it sells better on a different, more popular console.
Polygon gave the game a 9.0 and thought it was great, the article is about how the Wii U is dogshit which is true.
On Wii U, the game almost certainly averaged HIGHER than $60/player due to the DLC
Me too! I'm surprised they never made any Switch exclusive tracks.
That being said, extremely well deserved!
MK8 for WiiU outsold both Mario Kart Super Circuit (GBA) and Mario Kart Double Dash (GC).
The thesis was stupid because they didn't consider that the attach ratio with the userbase may vary from game to game so it's actually possible that a game released on a console with low userbase might sell better than a game released on a console with bigger install base.
I'm pretty sure it did not end up being true, even just on Wii U...
EDIT: Yeah, see above
+40 million. The game is showing better legs than Mario Kart Wii despite having a worst launch (of course, install base on Wii was way higher at launch).
Hell, i'm gonna predict that Mario Kart 8 will sell 50 million lifetime Switch+Wii U.
their premise was bunk and the evidence didn't even work in their favor
That's... basically the same prediction twice haha
Probably, or within a few months at least. It's a winning recipe, and allows the MK team to work on one different IP each generation (two during this gen considering they released MK8D instead).
It's perfect for pick-up-and-play with the Switch.
Though four players crowding around one Switch on split-screen is murder.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's success is bittersweet. On the one hand, it is deserving of its success due to its excellency and will likely encourage Nintendo to seriously polish each future release. But on the other hand, it has broken the 2 - 3 year release cycle which has been in place since 2001's Super Circuit. We missed a Mario Kart 9 in 2017 due to the Switch re-release. And we will miss Mario Kart 10 this year thanks to the re-release's success (as well as the lack of a need for it since Nintendo has merged their home and handheld consoles).
Hopefully we get Mario Kart 9 within the next 3 years.
Hopefully we get Mario Kart 9 within the next 3 years.
That's one way to look at the cycle. The other way is that they release one game per generation on a system. That seems to be the one they are adhering to, the difference being that the massive success of MK8D has probably turned that game into this system's MK game, and leaving MK9 to the launch window of Switch 2.
In exchange for MK9 and MK10 on Switch, we get new IP from the team, one being ARMS and the other probably being worked on for a 2020/2021 release. Whether you like that better than two MK games is up to you.
Personally, I prefer the sacrifice for the new IP. But I did enjoy playing a brand new Mario Kart every 3 years.
Yeah that's what I think as well, 50M total. Ahead of RDR2 and behind MC/GTAV as 3rd best selling game during the gen (1st best for game launches on Gen8 platforms).
That doesn't undermine the thesis that a game could sell better under entirely different circumstances though. The 22m on Switch are as relevant as another potential 30m+ if it released on PS4 or PC.
The Wii U userbase was very low and things weren't looking good, so it wasn't reasonable to assume that Nintendo would figure their life out, release their most popular console (launched-aligned) of all time in 3 years, and then re-release a deluxe version of MK8 that sells well.
Edit: but you and others are correct that the prediction ended up wrong, bc it outsold others on the Wii U alone. I still don't think it was an unreasonable prediction in light of the poor performance of the Wii U. So the author is wrong, I just don't think he's crazy, foolish wrong.
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