• @alvvayson
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    15 months ago

    It always baffles me how many Mario Kart games they keep selling.

    I guess it must be almost exclusively little kids who get it with their own first Nintendo at this stage.

    • @aeronmelon
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      185 months ago

      Mario Kart is just fun.

      And the last one Nintendo made is now 10 years old. They just keep repackaging it and adding stuff to it. Selling a subscription to the DLC is way more lucrative I guess.

      Also, guess which fully-grown adult just two months ago bought a Switch and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

        • @aeronmelon
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          95 months ago

          Nope, it’s my first console purchase since the GameCube.

          It may seem like “everybody” who wants something has it already, but there are always new customers out there.

          • @alvvayson
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            15 months ago

            Ok wow.

            Well, to be fair, back in 2020 the switch was also my first console since the N64.

            Hope you enjoy it!

    • @[email protected]
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      65 months ago

      Despite what many otaku may say, video games (at least outside of the arcade or mobile phones) are much more “kids’ stuff” in Japan than in the West. Wouldn’t be a surprise at all if kids are propping up Japanese game sales, which then leads to Nintendo dominance, since Nintendo focuses on the younger market more than Sony. XBox is pretty much an insignificant amount of Japanese game sales.

    • @LazyBane
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      35 months ago

      Mario Kart is just a fun and accessible racing game.

    • @picandocodigoOPM
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      35 months ago

      A lot of people bought the game after watching the Mario movie (source).