Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Was The Fifth Best-Selling Game Last Year In The US

This is extremely impressive when you consider that the game came out in December. I imagine had it come out sooner there's a good chance it would be number one.

I notice all the nintendo ones do not include digital sales while rest mostly do.

Holy expletive, and with only 1 month on sale! Truly impressive, I could see it becoming the best-selling Switch game, easy.

@ritouf I guess it depends on how you look at it. It might have placed higher in the sales charts in the UK, but the US is a much bigger market so it's likely sold more copies here despite "only" placing fifth.

You'll notice that it is the highest selling exclusive title. COD, RDR2, Madden and NBA were all released on 2 or more platforms.

Nice to see Spiderman right behind it. I've heard very good things about that game, and it makes me want to use my PS4 again.

Highest selling exclusive in less than a month. Not too shabby.

"*does not include digital sales". Honestly if they would include it it's definitely top 3, maybe even No. 1.

@electrolite77 @Heavyarms55
Agreed. I'm playing through Spider-Man atm and having an absolute blast! Definitely my favourite PS4 exclusive thus far (yet to play GoW however)

That list shows why PS4+Switch is the best gaming bang for the buck hands down.

Always something big to play - and tag team exclusives for the last 2 "Game of the Year" experience 😎

Smash excitement almost makes me want to pick up fighting games 😏

This list is impressive for switch exclusives, considering the fact that all the other games (except for spiderman and god of war) are multiplatform.

And it is without the digital sales for most of the Nintendo games
What does it mean when their is no “*” sign at all?
Since Pokémon LGP got the number 20 spot, I wonder where it would be placed be place if they would add the PLGE sales and count it as 1 game
Good to see Mario odyssey and Zelda BOTW still in the list

EA got 3 games to the top 20.... BF5 is in here....

The collapse of Battlefield and Fallout is staggering.

Battlefield went from being the 2nd best-selling game of 2016 to the 14th best-selling game of 2018.

Fallout 4 went from being the 3rd best-selling game of 2015 to not even being among the Top 20 best-selling games of 2018.

Things would have been even worse if retailers didn't immediately start slashing prices to get both games off of store shelves.

@geheimxy not first place, red dead 2 was offered on 2 platforms with huge install base in the USA and sold in huge numbers
But it would definitely surpass madden and maybe 2k but idk about COD

if it had more than 3 weeks in the market in this year it’s would have preformed better

@ritouf
Wut

Smash Bros Ultimate is the fastest-selling platform exclusive in US history, and likely Nintendo's fastest-selling game ever. It's really hard to be disappointed by that.

GTA5 is never leaving, is it?

@Heavyarms55 Well, Year 2018 i couldn't decide on one Game as GotY because Spiderman AND Super Smash Bros were equally amazing to me... i mean sure, some might argue it have some typicall open world flaws and after Batman Arkham Series it doesn't have the same impact anymore, due at that time to have an Superhero Game in this quality was pretty non-existing, but if you keep in mind that i also played God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 which were great games as well, it shows on my side how good Spiderman is...

@Evilworm
Well i would've taken your comments serious, if you wouldn't have called SSBU as an reskinned, dumbed down whatever meh game... and if you look how successfull indiegames are on steam, i would argue that if switch is a plattform which have a huge focus on indies, it still isn't doomed because a huge crowd of gamers are into these...

Brings new meaning to the term "settle it in Smash"!

I want to see those digital sales as every single one of these will move up the charts.

@Xaessya I find it odd it's still not on the Switch at this point. At the rate it's selling they could move another 2 million or more on the Switch at $60. I'm pretty sure that's worth porting.

@Evilworm really surprised you think smash is dumbed down and reskinned. Care to elaborate on that?

The mechanics of the game feel very different to me than smash 4. Granted I didn’t play smash 4 as long as I played melee so I don’t know the game as throughly as some but smash 4 felt a lot more defensive and melee was clearly faster paced and more aggressive. This seems like a good balance so far and a lot of the characters play different based on moveset changes in this game. Link is a very good example since his bombs changed and his grab changed as well.

@Heavyarms55 I definitely recommend Spider-Man! My brother will sometimes let me play it, and it’s a blast!

@Evilworm Not sure if you're a troll or what, but Smash was a resounding success and in no way stagnant. Let's Go was certainly simplified, and even I did call it dumbed down, but it was done so not for teens and adults, but for very young children. And it worked, as it still sold extremely well.

Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem, a real Pokemon Title, Metroid Prime 4, you'd be foolish to write off Nintendo next year.

For the record, Animal Crossing New Leaf was a massive success on 3DS and an evergreen title for years after it launched. Just because something is out of your preference range doesn't mean jack.

@PuppyToucher

Smash is a fighting game in general. Its meant for multiplayer, competition, meetups, parties how much depth can it have?. Its fun in short burst of game session solo or with friends. Short burst, fun but nothing amazing.

If you put smash 4 and smash Ultimate side by side, theres no difference. Its nothing you never played before. Only more characters.

@Heavyarms55 I realised Nintendo is selling their 2018 games relying on their IP / Brand name alone. Seriously Kirby, Pokemon, Mario U, Smash Ultimate all had mediocre gameplay but top selling just because of its brand. Is Nintendo going to use 'for kiddies' for the rest of their IPs??

That is fantastic. Considering that these are exclusive games on a system with a smaller footprint that is amazing.

@Evilworm Are you 10 years old?

@dazzleshell no im not 10 yrs old, else i would have loved pkmn Lets Go to death, but sadly it belong to the trashcan. I rather play Fallout 76. At least i loled in that game and preferred it that way than falling asleep and having the N switch fall in my face.

@InklingLegend
COD and RDR2 would still be ahead of Smash Bros even if its digital sales were included.

I could see Smash Bros pulling ahead of NBA 2K and Madden if digital sales were accounted.

Always interesting to see how well Nintendo titles sell over the long term, with 3 of the 5 "not 2018" titles belonging to them. And as always these list don't really give an accurate representation of how how well Pokemon did. While I doubt it would break the top 10, it would certainly be higher up than 20th.

That's pretty impressive all the same when you consider that Smash was on sale for only about a month and only had a single platform to stand on to boot.

Smash Ultimate is a turd - can't even play with friends online against other random people! Fail!!!

@Evilworm
"If you put smash 4 and smash Ultimate side by side, theres no difference."

You must have eyesight issues. That must suck, but I know how it feels - I wear glasses.

@Evilworm Okay now I am convinced. You are a troll. Have a nice day.

When you see figures like this and then hear EA. Activision or Bethesda reps saying the industry is dying and they have no choice but to monetize differently blah blah, they become laughable stupid (and liars)

Make GOOD games and people will buy them. Simple as that.