Mario Kart 8 Is Now The Highest Selling Game on Amazon

Mario Kart 8 is the highest ranked videogame on Amazon.com. Just so you know, it's ranked higher than even the fucking PS4.

I don't know about a sustained bump, but in the short run, it will definitely sell some Wii Us.

People love Mario Kart

Well what is Mario Kart's competition in terms of other software for this month? I mean the only other big game coming out in May is Watch Dogs, but that has already been preordered to hell for the past year so preorders have already peaked for that game.

ah amazon. i've missed seeing you used for ownage.

It's too bad Amazon doesn't sell Nintendo consoles. It would be really fun here if Mario Kart bundles were outselling the PS4 on Amazon.

@PurpleMan5000: It dosn't? I can buy a Zelda or Mario bundle off amazon right now.

It's not like it has any competition this month

They are available on the site, but sold by third parties through Amazon, not by Amazon. That is why you can preorder the Mario Kart bundle from Best Buy and Gamestop, but not Amazon.

YAY! :D

I have this feeling that MK8 won't do much past its first few weeks but I do hope I'm wrong.

That's damn impressive. I'm not expecting a continued boost, but it definitely looks like it's going to help in the short run.

Either people really want Mario Kart 8 or they are discovering there isn't really all that much to play on PS4.

It was ranked fourth when I checked on Amazon canada.

It's now fifth on amazon canada

http://www.amazon.ca/best-sellers-video-games/zgbs/videogames

From Gonintendo last time they checked....

America: 4th

Canada: 4th

France: 1st

Germany: 4th

Italy: 2nd

Japan: 2nd

Spain: 1st

UK: 3rd

Hmm........ we'll see.

is it coming out on 3ds?

It will be insanely funny if that happened. Anyway I expect the WiiU to sell anywhere from 5 to 10 million this year and maybe more if consumer demand increases more than I think it will . This is including the first couple of months of this year.

it's because there simply isn't anything else coming for Wii U.

I hope the bundle sells like bananas

Not to fan a fire, but I could say the same for the other systems. :P

emg brought up Watch_Dogs, which was pre-ordered to hell and back.

Amazon was selling 3DS units around the holidays. And it was definitely Amazon and not 3rd party vendors.

Conversely, they're discovering there's a shit ton to play on Wii U, and Mario Kart is just the final push they need.

That would be true, if the WiiU bundle starts outselling the PS4 bundle.

It would be nice. I mean I don't expect the WiiU to ever outsell PS4 in total, but it would be nice if people start appreciating WiiU for what it offers currently: not the best graphics, but a great amount of exclusives to play.

Well, the Wii U NSMBU bundle on Amazon is currently selling at #36.

Sweet. I'm preordering my copy tonight.

You also need to remember this is post-free game announcement.

And it's up :p

For the people that don't have a WiiU yet, I would recommend that bundle and buying Mario Kart 8 separately.

You can end up with 4 games that way: NSMB U, Luigi U, Mario Kart 8 and the free game they are giving with MK8 :)

They will need more than just Mario Kart 8 to save the Wii U. *yawn*

Expansions have always been talked about as separate games on this site. Especially expansions that match the original game in content.

Mario Kart, Kirby, and Mario Golf are all best sellers.

Nintendo is doomed.

You have never heard somebody talk about Half Life 2: Episode 2 as if it is its own game?

It's not at all like that. New Super Luigi U represents a distinctly different kind of game and approach to 2D platforming than NSMBU. They might as well be different games made using the same assets.

ill be buying a Wii U in a couple of weeks for Mario Kart

@Desmonic: Sure, if you want to argue semantics, which I am not. I am saying that your assertion that it's like Pokemon, where playing one means you don't have to play the other is wrong.

1. Buy Mario Kart 8

2. Redeem free game code

3. Return Mario Kart 8 cause it's a piece of shite

4. ???

5. Profit

It's supposedly a system selling level of franchise, AND they're giving away a choice of free game with it. If that can't make it to #1 on the charts you can turn the lights out at Nintendo.

my thoughts exactly.

Actually that dispute has been settled over a year now.

Actually no you can't, the other systems don't have Mario Kart lol

Then why isn't Amazon selling Nintendo consoles?

Or dl codes. They used to have those too.

I haven't played MK (not mortal Kombat :P) since the n64 days. But I'm considering picking this iteration up for the living room. Looks fun as hell. Oh, and Smash Bros. :D

They aren't? I'm sure I just saw a 3DS being sold on Amazon... Get your facts together man lol This is SW!!!