Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Gets Speed Boost At Launch
Nintendo Switch owners are hungry for new games! Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has managed to sell more than 459,000 copies in just one day alone (April 28). This makes it the fastest selling game in the franchise’s history, with the previous record holder being Mario Kart Wii, which sold 433,900 on launch day back in 2008. Almost 50% of all Switch owners now on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in the U.S. as of launch day. Our review of the game will go live later today!
With more than 459,000 combined packaged and digital sales in the U.S. on launch day alone (April 28), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch system is the fastest-selling game in the long-running Mario Kart series. The previous record holder for the highest first-day sales in the franchise was Mario Kart Wii, with U.S. sales of approximately 433,900 when it launched in 2008. The solid sales numbers for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe equate to an attach rate of 45 percent – meaning nearly one in two Nintendo Switch owners in the U.S. purchased a copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the first day it was available. To date, more than 2.7 million Nintendo Switch systems have been sold globally.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has also received more perfect review scores than any other Mario Kart game ever. With a current Metacritic score of 93, the critically acclaimed title is the highest-rated game in the series in 15 years – tying the overall review score of Mario Kart: Super Circuit for Game Boy Advance.
To continue this strong momentum into the summer, a series of great games will launch for Nintendo Switch over the next few months, including Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (May 11), Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers(May 26), ARMS (June 16) and Splatoon 2 (July 21).
Craig has been covering the video game industry since 1995. His work has been published across a wide spectrum of media sites. He’s currently the Editor-In-Chief of Nintendo Times and contributes to Gaming Age.
