Mario Kart 8 sales surpass 1 million in US

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Over one million players have felt the cold dead eyes of Luigi on them in Mario Kart 8, Nintendo has announced, revealing the racer has become the second Wii U game to reach the sales milestone in the United States. According to a press release, New Super Mario Bros. Wii U was the first title to sell over one million units in the region.

In a filing earlier this month that showed the company post a $97M quarterly loss, Nintendo said Mario Kart 8 enjoyed a great attach rate with shipments of 2.82 million by the end of June.

"Mario Kart 8 continues to drive momentum for the Wii U platform," the publisher said, claiming hardware sales have increased by "nearly" 60 per cent in the first seven months in 2014, versus the same reported period in 2013. Though official numbers were never revealed, July 2013 was notable for seeing a drastic 34-percent hardware sales slump versus 2012 results.

Posted: Aug 15, 2014 9:06 am
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/14/mario-kart-8-sales-surpass-1-million-in-us/

Comments

MusketPosted: Tue. Aug 19, 2014

Surprised this game is still popular.

DusknoirPosted: Mon. Aug 18, 2014

Inq
Vits Mario Kart must have sold like triple copies in Japan

Yeah definetly i agree with you

Of course it would it's Japan home of Nintendo :3

1989Posted: Mon. Aug 18, 2014

Vits Mario Kart must have sold like triple copies in Japan

Yeah definetly i agree with you

TravitorPosted: Sun. Aug 17, 2014

Mario Kart must have sold like triple copies in Japan

BoarPosted: Sun. Aug 17, 2014

Polygon dat death stare :||||||||
I kind of want a WiiU just for this game.
Hmmm.

1Million JUST in the US is pretty neat.
Especially for Nintendo

Same, I would get a WiiU but I am getting a 3DS soon for the new Pokemon games, HIPE!

BoarPosted: Sun. Aug 17, 2014

Not surprised it sold that much. Now, I wonder how much of them sales were for Luigi's death stare

DusknoirPosted: Sun. Aug 17, 2014

Mario Kart is my baby I've always loved playing it.

GILFPosted: Sun. Aug 17, 2014

VIT
GILF
AR15
GILF cant believe this game has sold over a millon copies

is it actually any good?

You would actually be surprised at how great this game is. It is a lot of fun and I am not surprised at ALL that it sold a million copies.

I do like Mario games but stopped playing them on the first wii haha
I like how this game has a choice of a few cars.................before it was just the same one

having a cart choice was a feature for like 5 years already...

I haven't played it for a very long time.....the last time I played it you could only chose your character and they all had a 2 set karts...........................a standard one and a higher graded one and that's it

ClioPosted: Sun. Aug 17, 2014

Mr_Krabs Mario Kart is like one of the best games out there. This game is such a legend. I'm not suprised it made it past 1 million. I mean if I had a wii u I would defiantly buy this game.

Same, i used to play this ALOT of the Wii i remember it like yesterday haha