In just three days, Mario Kart 8 has sold 1.2 million copies worldwide. There are an estimated 6.2 million Wii U consoles in homes around the world, so this means 19.4 percent of Wii U owners brought the game within the first few days. This shows how dedicated Nintendo's fanbase is. People even brought the latest bundle pack, featuring Mario Kart 8 as the game to come with.
Nintendo holds down a victory, as these figures bring new life to the dying system. Even with struggling sale of the Wii U, Mario Kart 8 sold better than a lot of current games. One game to be used as an example is Titanfall, which after more than two months is only on around 2 million for the Xbox One version and around 1 million for the Xbox 360. inFAMOUS: Second Son as of 21st June of this year is marked down as 1.40 million units globally. It was released 21st March with the PlayStation 4 leading the this console generation in sales. This huge success is mostly because of Nintendo's UK sector. 69.2 hundred units were sold the first week in the United Kingdom, resulting in the game getting second on the highest sale list, only beat out by Watch Dogs. It seemed a lot of interest, with people even asking Rap Genius UK's Twitter channel about the game page here.Due to the success of the game and how much it effected the sales of the Wii U console, Nintendo investors have re-elected Satoru Iwata to be the CEO. He was in a very tough position early this year, with investors selling shares of the company and wanting him to be replaced. Mario Kart 8 has reached over 2 million units since the end of June.