Sunday, November 10

Mario Kart 8 is the second best-selling game in Nintendo history with more than 50 million games sold

Mario Kart 8 va por el primer lugar de ventas este 2022.
Mario Kart 8 is going for the first place in sales this 2022.

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Alexa Liendo

Nintendo, the video game giants have just shared with us the report with their most recent sales numbers, showing the results obtained with their most popular games. It stands out, the second position obtained by the game of the popular character Mario Bros: Mario Kart 8 deluxe.

This game became the most requested of Nintendo history. This installment has achieved a total sales of 51.81 million units sold, in the sales results until 31 December 2021 and this one is expected to break other records 2022.

Already in the middle of 2021, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe had become the best-selling racing game in the United States.

This Deluxe version was released for the Nintendo Switch with some improvements over the version) for the Wii U. Success is the sum of the sales of the video game in its two versions, as stated by VG Chartz a website specialized in video game sales analysis.

At the end of 2021, exactly for the third quarter of the year, the reported sales figures for Nintendo Switch were total of 92.87 million units; which was very positive for its flagship Mario Bros franchises with the Mario Kart game.

Industry analysts point out that it is currently in what they call Mario Kart 9 “active development”, so there is speculation that it could be ready for this 2022 and it comes with changes and innovations in what is refers to racing video games.

This 2022, Mario Kart meets 30 years of creation, so it is evident that celebrations and launches are expected, so it is also expected that this will benefit sales and that they will skyrocket and that Mario Kart reach the first place of sale.

Mario Kart was released in 1992 with the game Super Mario Kart and since then new modes and updates have been added, as the consoles have been updated.