The kart racing game from Nintendo - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - sold 1,224,415 units first week at retail on the Nintendo Switch, according to VGChartz estimates.
Breaking down the sales by region, the game sold best in the US with 471,302 units sold (38%), compared to 345,829 units sold in Europe (28%) and 283,607 units sold in Japan (23%). Looking more closely at Europe, the game sold an estimated 66,915 units in the UK, 69,421 units in Germany, and 102,167 units in France.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."
I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.
there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.
nintendo needs their bangers early on
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The Nintendo Switch has been an undeniable success for Nintendo, but which games make the best selling chart for the console?
Agreed. I think a lot of the AC: H sales have to do with early lockdown players!
I mean, I would've played it anyway. But I guess there's a lot of people who got into it because of the hype and their new found free time!
Nintendo made out like bandits with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It's the same game that was on the WiiU except they added 2 item boxes like in double dash.
It's the Capcom method:
1. Add a new word to the end of the title and features that should've been expected first time around.
2. Charge full price for it.
3. Profit.
this is why i always say that Nintendo will always be fine. look at those numbers lol
and those are all first party games.
Shit that's more than what Mario Kart 8 sold in its first week on Wii U
Mario Kart 8 sold 1.17 million units in its first week and caused Wii U hardware sales to spike to 131K that week.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 1.22 million units in its first week and caused Switch hardware sales to spike to 365K that week.
When you take that into consideration, it really puts things into serious perspective how much better Nintendo is doing now. In fact NS has sold more in its first three months than Wii U had in any single year of its entire lifecycle.