Mario Kart World Starts with Platinum and Reveals Limitations of GSD Charts
Only one title met the criteria for a game sales award in June, but this highlights a glaring weakness in the Game Sales Data charts: Mario Kart World sold 200,000 copies but did not even make it into the top ten in the sales rankings.
It's a great, albeit entirely predictable, success for Nintendo. Unfortunately, however, it proves once again that Game Sales Data's sales charts do not reflect the market 100 percent. Unlike Black Myth: Wukong, which was not registered by the publisher last year and therefore did not appear in the ranking, Mario Kart World is included in the sales list compiled by Games Sales Data (GSD). However, as GSD openly states, digital sales in the Nintendo Store are not included. The same is likely to apply to bundles.