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Mario Kart Best Seller in 2008

Mario Kart Worldwide Top Seller in 2008

Mario Kart Wii sold approximately 8.94 million copies in the biggest 3 markets for videogames, the US, UK and Japan in 2008. In doing so the title has topped the software sales charts concludes combined information from The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track and Enterbrain.

Mario Kart Wii sold 5 million units in the US, 2 million in Japan and 1.94 million in the UK to be the best selling videogame of 2008. The extremely popular Wii Fit came in second selling 8.31 million units. 4.55 million of those were sold in the US, 2.15 million in Japan and a further 1.61 million in the UK.

The record-breaking Grand Theft Auto IV came in third place with a total of 7.29 million copies sold. The third placing can be put down to weak sales in Japan, were Nintendo remains unbeatable. The controversial game sold 5.18 million copies in the US, 1.85 million in the UK, but only a mere 256,000 units in Japan.

The Top Software Sales for 2008 (US, Japan, UK)

1. Mario Kart Wii: 8.94 million (5m/2m/1.94m)
2. Wii Fit: 8.31 million (4.55m/2.15m/1.61m)
3. Grand Theft Auto IV: 7.29 million (5.18m/256k/1.85m)
4. Super Smash Bros Brawl: 6.32 million (4.17m/1.75m/404k)
5. Call of Duty: World at War: 5.89 million (4.46m/0/1.43m)

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jotendo
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I thought super smash bros. brawl would be higher up the list than mario kart, either way its great news for Nintendo
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nah uh wii play was the best selling
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All the top 5 are on Wii except GTA 4 wooooo go Ninendo!
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I wonder if Animal Crossing will be on the list for next year.
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this is pretty much expected
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Lets hope they realise online games sell high so the infrastructure should be improved...?

sjt333 said: nah uh wii play was the best selling



I'm not sure if you're taking the piss or being serious. Cause here it came with the remote, so would have sold high? But as far as I am aware is was WiiWare in Japan...?

sjt333 said:... Oohhh. You were joking!
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MK Wii was so lame. Stupid "balancing" system... MKDS is the best.
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i read somewhere, maybe n4g? that nintendo have at least 5 of the top 10 selling games of '08.
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Rainbow7 said: MK Wii was so lame. Stupid "balancing" system... MKDS is the best.



It also added nothing but online play and bikes. Nintendo wasn't not even trying on MKWII cuz they know that casual gamers would just buy it even though they didnt even read a review or know anything about the game. Thought that Super Mario Galaxy should at least be in top 5.
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Well most people i know have Mario Kart Wii, so the Wii has literally spread like wildfire. I was struggling to find people with Mario Kart Double Dash back in the day.
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Rainbow7 said: MK Wii was so lame. Stupid "balancing" system... MKDS is the best.



QFT

It had soooo much potential. The track designs were pretty good and bikes were a nice addition but the entire experience was completely geared for the n00bz.


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Rainbow7 said: MK Wii was so lame. Stupid "balancing" system... MKDS is the best.



thank you! finally someone who agrees.
mkwii is crap

dossaer said:

Rainbow7 said: MK Wii was so lame. Stupid "balancing" system... MKDS is the best.



QFT

It had soooo much potential. The track designs were pretty good and bikes were a nice addition but the entire experience was completely geared for the n00bz.



yeah but it completly lost its fondations of being mario kart
stupid idea to add bikes.
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cmpa1970 said: i read somewhere, maybe n4g? that nintendo have at least 5 of the top 10 selling games of '08.



I think it may have been 7 or 8, not sure if that was just the US or not though.
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Once again, go Nintendo!
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mario kart is a better game then brawl
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TBH I thought Wii Fit was the best selling in 08 but still go nintendo
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metadude4 said:


Rainbow7 said: MK Wii was so lame. Stupid "balancing" system... MKDS is the best.


It also added nothing but online play and bikes. Nintendo wasn't not even trying on MKWII cuz they know that casual gamers would just buy it even though they didnt even read a review or know anything about the game. Thought that Super Mario Galaxy should at least be in top 5.

Galaxy wasnt a 08 Game newb
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Bloard said:

metadude4 said:



Rainbow7 said: MK Wii was so lame. Stupid "balancing" system... MKDS is the best.



It also added nothing but online play and bikes. Nintendo wasn't not even trying on MKWII cuz they know that casual gamers would just buy it even though they didnt even read a review or know anything about the game. Thought that Super Mario Galaxy should at least be in top 5.

Galaxy wasnt a 08 Game newb



You spelt noob wrong N008. And it was pretty close to being in 08.
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