Mario Kart 8 sells 1.2m units worldwide

MCV Staff 2nd June 2014 Business News

The latest entry in the Mario Kart series has already sold 1.2m units across the globe, says Nintendo.

The game launched on Friday (May 30th) and has already become the fastest selling title on the Wii U. It is the second quickest selling title in the series, too.

It also boosted sales of Nintendo’s Wii U by 666 per cent week-on-week. It only made it to the No.2 spot in this week’s charts, being beaten by Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs.

In total the Mario Kart series has sold 101.3m units to date.

"Such positive early feedback for Mario Kart 8 reinforces the great gameplay experiences that Wii U currently offers," said Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata.

"With Nintendo set to showcase its future releases at E3 next week, this is a great milestone going into the summer season

Tags

About MCV Staff

Check Also

Core Keeper key art 1 [Industry news] Core Keeper’s ancient Core becomes a one of a kind gaming PC, to be won for charity

[Industry news] Core Keeper’s ancient Core becomes a one of a kind gaming PC, to be won for charity

More than 4 million people have played Core Keeper, and every one of them started the same way, waking in a dark cavern beside an ancient Core that has lain dormant for aeons. Pugstorm and Fireshine Games, the game's developer and publisher, have now worked with Scan to build that Core into a real gaming PC. It is one of a kind, and it is the prize in the Global Games Draw, a new prize draw for Into Games, a UK charity that helps young people from working class backgrounds into careers in games. Every entry raises money for that work.

© Copyright 2026, MCV. BizMedia