Mario Kart 8 Passes Five Million Sales and eShop Download Numbers Continue to Rise

Those MK8 numbers.... That's an attach rate of over 50%!

I'm surprised New Super Mario 2 had such big sales given how mediocre that game was. Although I'm quite pleased Animal Crossing did so well.

I'm surprised that New Super Mario Bros 2 sold that well! But its Mario so what is not there to expect?

I'm not that surprised, it is a great little game. I'll never get all those coins though...

This is what i like seeing from nintendo ^_^ Lets hope it gets better from here

According to an article on Zelda Informer, Hyrule Warriors has sold a million as well:
http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/koei-tecmo-hyrule-warriors-sells-overs-1-million-units-game-and-dlc-still-s

If that's the case, not sure why Nintendo isn't including it. Maybe Koei exaggerated a bit?

Today's game industry is bigger than the movie industry, but Nintendo (the pioneer) is only taking a tiny slice of the share. It is sad comparing how much other games were earning. GTA V earned over US$1 billion in 24 hrs.

MK8 is the most impressive. Splatoon will be right there second to it next year.

Awesome, Mario Kart 8 is my favourite Nintendo developed Wii U game.

@Nintendian

You do realise that making 1 billion dollars in sales isn't the same as the revenue or the profit for the actual developer or publisher?

And yes... it's sad that the gaming industry isn't dominated by one company, because that would be just awesome... not.

Sheesh.

edit: Just had to vent this out, for no obvious reason. Dunno.

edit 2: And it generated that one billion dollars in three days worldwide, not 24 hours in the U.S.

The Majora's Mask 3D numbers really impress me - a non-Pokemon remake selling more than 2 million copies in less than 2 months is pretty amazing.

Wow! I'm really impressed by Mario Kart 8. Good to see 3D World still doing relatively well also.

NSMB2 outselling Animal Crossing annoys me a bit.

So has 3D World out sold NSMBU? It deserves to. EDIT: No looks like NSMBU is approaching 5million ATM

@RedDevilAde Yeah looks like it. I was a little surprised at that but also happy that's the case as I prefer the 3D games personally

Smash 4 3DS definitely effected the Wii U version potential sales.

That attach rate pleases me, although I'm always saddened by the Wii U overall sales numbers. I love that thing to bits. I guess this is just more evidence that my tase in gaming really is the absolute opposite to what most gamers want these days.

Just wish all these people who gobble up games like NSMB2 would invest in the actual classics, like Bayonetta 2, Pikmin 3, Fire Emblem Awakening, Monster Hunter 3/4 Ultimate, etc.

Those are the games that should be at 5 million.

@Jazzer94 Nah everything affected the Wiiu sales of Smash bro's.

@Timppis
It costs Rockstar $265 million to make GTA V, so they earned about $800 million of profit in 24 hrs and as of now that game earned over 3 billion dollars already.

What I am trying to say is that Nintendo is a pioneer of video game industry but now they represent only just a tiny fraction of the industry, and I am not even counting the mobile game industry where simple games like Candy Crush earned a profit of over $1 million every single day.

While I will commend Mario Kart for hitting such great numbers, the cynic in me does have to point out that everyone that got the 32 GB Wii U (until the new bundles) has Nintendo Land and only a few of us (me included) bought it separately.

I've never heard of a game so outselling the bundled game.

Half of the WiiU owners have MK8. At first I was impressed by the attachment rate. Now I wonder what the heck are the other 5 million owners waiting for!

That's impressive figures when u think that only 9.4 millions Wii u's have been sold.

Those are some pretty fantastic numbers, if this keeps up even if the WiiU doesn't end up selling as much as the Gamecube the games will still sell as well. I wouldn't doubt Mario Kart 8 would be atleast 8 million by the end of March if the WiiU was at 20 million instead of ~9.5 million.

Mario Kart 8 being the Worst selling Mario Kart in it's history is losing ground bit by bit, lol.

And as usual, while doom and gloom is always predicted by people, Nintendo continues to still print money with their IPs. Nintendo's not leaving anywhere, anytime, soon until they take themselves out. That, is all.

Wow, that's pretty great!

@Captain_Toad

Mario Kart isn't losing anything. It has nothing to do with MK 8, which has been extremely successful and is considered by many to be the best in the series... It's sales numbers have everything to do with the small install base of the Wii U. If Mario Kart 8 was on the original Wii, it would have already sold at least 20 to 30 million units.

Well done Nintendo, I am really enjoying having the Wii U and having all the Nintendo games in HD, The naming on the Wii U was to similar to the Wii. But am hoping sales continue to grow for the Wii U, we just need some killer new Ips and more Ninetndo games such as FZERO HD. The 3ds is doing great now after a terrible start, I think handheld gaming is very popular at the moment and will continue to grow, Nintendo should allow more retro games / Re-mastered games onto the 3ds from older systems other then Nintendo, such as Arcade and Amiga etc.

@Nintendian

That one billion dollar in sales doesn't make even close of 800 million to Rockstar, the developer. Publisher 2K, distributors and retailers all take their share of it before it ends to the makers. Does it still attribute to a ridiculously large sum of money? Yes, yes it does.

It is true that Nintendo doesn't have the market share it once did. I just don't see it as morbid as many do. I love their games and their consoles. They are fun and engaging and those are two most important things to me. I have played literally zero of everything else except few mobile games and Pillars of Eternity for the last month, because I love that particular game at the moment. Still Ninty is for me a great company and I believe they will remain as themselves, producing good consoles with unique twists and great games on those consoles. I'm good with that.

@outburst I doubt so, Nintendo Land will probably continue to sell alongside the already released bundles and new ones that will come. And 3D World will lose momentum but perhaps will still be higher, remaining a third. Maybe Splatoon will be a fourth place then?