As part of Nintendo’s newest earnings briefing, the gaming giant released new sales figures for its most popular games, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe reached a massive new milestone. The kart racer has now surpassed 50 million copies sold to date. As of March 31, the game had sold 53.79 million copies globally, according to Nintendo’s public sales data.
This is up from 48.4 million units as of November 2022, so the game sold another 5.4 million copies in three months. A key point here is that the sales figures for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe includes copies sold through hardware bundles, which surely inflates the figure somewhat. In any event, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a fantastic game that can be recommended to pretty much anyone, so it’s no big surprise to see it performing so well for Nintendo.
Mario Kart 8 for Wii U sold 8.46 million copies. Together, Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe have shifted 62.25 million units.