“Thank you for playing”
If you weren’t already aware, Nintendo has now officially shut down its free-to-play mobile game Mario Kart Tour.
Upon booting up the game, you’ll be presented with a notice confirming the service has ended and a message thanking you for playing. Nintendo has also released a “final Mario Kart Tour report” on social media, summarising player data.
Nintendo: “Service for Mario Kart Tour has ended. Thank you for playing. If you played Mario Tour in the past, you can relink the Nintendo Account that was linked to Mario Kart Tour to recover your save data and view past records.”
As highlighted by Mobilegamer.biz, market intelligence platform AppMagic has shared some lifetime data about Mario Kart Tour, which launched on 25th September 2019.
According to this site, the title is estimated to have been downloaded over 276 million times and is believed to have banked around $268.5 million for Nintendo.
Mario Kart Tour was reportedly earning “around $650k per month” when the shut down was announced. US players were supposedly the main driver of in-app purchases, making up 39% of the game’s lifetime revenue.
In an official FAQ, Nintendo has stated there are no plans for an “offline version” of Mario Kart Tour.
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