Mario Kart World: 96% attach rate on Switch 2 with over 5.6 million sales

Mario Kart World is a mega hit on Switch 2, where the game sold over 5.63 million copies in less than a month, representing a massive 96% attach rate.

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The Switch 2 has done so well that it has broken two major milestones: not only is it the fastest-selling video games console of all time, but the Switch 2 also had the best-ever launch of all time by units shipped. Nintendo managed to sell over 5.82 million Switch 2 consoles in just 25 days, and Nintendo CEO Shuntaro Furukawa recently confirmed the system has reached 6 million sales in 7 weeks.

No console launch is complete without a bevy of new software, and the Switch 2 didn't disappoint; Nintendo sold a total of 8.67 million games during the new console's launch. More than half of these sales were from one singular first-party exclusive: Mario Kart World.

According to Nintendo's latest financials, Mario Kart World zoomed across the finish line with an astronomical 96% attach rate on the Switch 2. The new Mario Kart sold 5.83 million copies during launch, representing a mighty 64% of total Switch 2 games sold during the period. A quick bit of math gives us the attach rate; Mario Kart World's 5.63 million divided by the 5.82 million Switch 2 consoles sold.

Of course, it certainly helps that the Switch 2 had a special Mario Kart World bundle, but the game wasn't a pack-in title like Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. from the NES days.

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