Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the Fastest-Selling Mario Kart Game in Franchise History, 459k sold day one in US

Nintendo looks to be having success with yet another first party title for the Switch. 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 also scored extremely well with a 93 on metacritic which is the 2nd Nintendo game in 2 months that have done that and it scored higher than most of the PlayStation 4 exclusives so far this year.
The game also topped the UK Charts. 
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