New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe And FIFA 19 Are Europe's Best-Selling Games Of 2019 So Far

But....
EA is still persistent with their half-hearted support with Nintendo Switch.
Even if EA's CEO read this great news. 😒

There are 2 things in gaming I will never understand
1. Why games like FIFA sell big time every year when you only need to buy one version in each generation to get the complete experience.

2. Why GTA V.

That’s sad !!! EA is trash and Nintendo has way better games ! Also for me so far the best games are Sekiro and FE 3 houses

That is so sad

@JTTS These are the bestsellers of 2019 though

NSLU was some of the most fun I've had with a
Mario game in years. Some real nail biter levels in there, without the dumb "ride the rocket" levels of DKC that make me want to pitch my controller out a window.

Do not underestimate Europe's love for soccer. Sure, Mario is better, but FIFA is soccer. And soccer sells well in Europe. FIFA 2020 is coming out next month too, so FIFA 2019 is already pretty old by FIFA standards.

Also FIFA games actually drop in price after a while. Nintendo games always stay same price.

Hopefully the releases in the latter portion of this year overtake these games, because if these two are still the bestsellers of the year at its end...oh, wait, FIFA 20 will surely overtake FIFA 19!

Yeah, I probably shouldn't care as much about this as I do, since I'm an American...but when you have Super Mario Maker 2, which completely invalidates NSMBUDX unless you don't get Nintendo Switch Online (and there's a Mario Maker bundle with a year's worth of it), and FIFA 20, which will be just like all the other yearly releases and invalidate what came before, it's harder to see where the success stems from. When the best sellers of the year so far have a better replacement either out now or on the way, that's a bit sad...

Did not bought either. The first because of an lack of funds ,and the other because it an great example of EA at it best

Bring on a port of Super Mario 3D World from the WiiU! I never got a chance to play that one as I'm sure many others haven't. I bet it will top many sales charts.

I own Super Mario Maker 2 and it is not quite the same thing. I completed the story mode 100% and I played some online levels but I dislike making levels myself and generally the online nature of the game. I'm mostly a single player, offline fan. I prefer the Nintendo designed levels as well.

Well they certainly wouldn't be my top picks of 2019. I doubt either of them would even remotely make it into my top 25 games this year.

Waaaaaaaat. Is NSMBU selling so much? Damn!
Still hoping for a port of Super Mario 3D World, though.

@NorseGamerTommy HECK YES to 3d world. Typed my comment right before yours lol

Thing is, people are obsessed with FIFA, even if it is crap people will still buy it. It's very sad.

What the heck Europe?

Same way Madden, MLB The Show and NBA2K are top selling games each year in the US. Europe just focus on 1 sports game - FIFA.

Real point here is that the UK chart is really not all that different from the rest of Europe.

@Agramonte wonder why they included Brazil in that chart

@PuppyToucher yeah 🤔

Love how they have both PES and FIFA up there... now them be fans.

It is strange as an American and massive fan of NFL football, I still never got a Madden game since Madden 2004 on Gamecube (which I didn't buy).

I have a friend though who buys the latest Madden and NBA 2k every year; even preorders the deluxe editions! And he doesn't just do this for one console, he does this for both his PS4 and Xbox One!

When I questioned him he said it was because he wanted the latest versions with the updated rosters and because his other friends were getting the newer games as well.

This is bad journalism. The sales are over all platforms, not only Switch.

Outside of the UK, The Division 2 hasn't really sold very well at retail at all. By comparison, The Division 1 was comfortably the #1 best-selling game of H1 2016 in pretty much every western territory (and if not #1 then #2, behind FIFA).

Anyways, NSMBU DX performed exceedingly well. A 3D World port has to be in the works.

And in spite of this, EA are giving Switch owners a barebones edition of FIFA 20.

I thought that after last year's release of the Champions Edition, a first for a Nintendo platform, that EA were finally stepping up with their support for the Switch.

Europe does love their FIFA after all. Too bad EA is pretty much the only one who can make soccer games with updated rosters. Some competition would be nice to stop EA's disgusting practices.

The thing to remember is a vast majority of people buy a PS4 or Xbox as a FIFA/CoD/GTA machine, much like the vast majority of people who buy a Switch buy it as a Mario/Mario Kart machine. To a lot of them the Wii U never even existed. NSMBUDX is multiplayer and it's fun.

Two half assed rehashes are the bestselling games, of course.

Sadly, modern day Nintendo isn't that big in Sweden, though I think that has changed somewhat with the Switch. But on the other hand, the retro scene is quite big and there, Nintendo is king. In a couple of weeks I'm going to a yearly retro event here in Malmö.

@RevampedSpider I bought both.

Yaaaayyyyyy?

I feel like I'm the only British/European who hasn't ever bought FIFA...

@Matthew010 I've only gotten FIFA once and that was in a predetermined cheap XB1 bundle (500GB XB1 + MCC + FIFA 15 + Witcher 3), I sold both FIFA 15 and Witcher 3 straight after I got the bundle and don't have any regrets. Will be interesting how well Witcher 3 runs on Switch though from a perspective of invalidating 3rd party excuses that are along the lines of "Switch is too weak".

@Grumblevolcano If you got FIFA in a bundle and sold it straight away I don't know if that counts as having bought it. I can't see the attraction in football at all, real or in a video game.

I thought people didnt buy EA games. I guess the people on all these threads are either lying about their own purchases or think they are speaking for the majority.

@sixrings
For every 1 person who attempts to "boycott' EA, 10000 other people will buy FIFA because it's FIFA.

@Matthew010
Me too. 😉
I'm also the Asian dude who don't play FIFA, shooting games (Except for Metroid Prime Federation Force 3DS), that 18+ criminal games.

I'm gonna look at it differently. At least there is some variety in what games are successful. It's healthy for the industry when different games lead the charts in different regions. If I could choose two games for Switch, I wouldn't choose those two lol.

@Anti-Matter FIFA sells because it's football/soccer. Not because it's EA. And it's football/soccer with all the major official licenses. EA has an distinct unfair advantage. If other companies were actually allowed to make games with the official teams and leagues, EA would tank big time and be forced to revise their business practices.

And it's the same with all the other licensing deals they have. Sports, and Star Wars for example. They don't have to make genuinely good games when they are the only ones allowed to make that kind of game.

It's dirty, anti-competitive and anti-consumer.

This article isn't just about Switch. So what's the percentage for Switch version?

@RevampedSpider Why not everything?
Wind Waker HD should have been on Switch in 2018 imo.

That is impressive that a 1st party nintendo WiiU port can do better against AAA multiplatform games in some countries. I already have it on Wii U so didn't double dip. The side scrolling mario games are the ones majority of buyers know and enjoy so not surprised realky.

Fifa though I have to admit to buying 18+19 (and pre-ordered 20) on my switch. The single reason is the portability and I can waste time anywhere with it. My son has a PS4 and he doesn't care for the extra modes The Journey or new Volta one so he's on mine most as well.

Out of interest, how many copies has sold on Switch for Fifa 19?

@Bunkerneath Exactly, well said.

@Anti-Matter What do you mean by "18+ criminal games"? Are you talking about the GTA series or something along those lines?

@DakkaDakka
That game and other 18+ criminal games.

@Anti-Matter So do you mean you don't like games where you play as a criminal?

@DakkaDakka
I'm against all 18+ games, including playing as criminals.
I always play as a good guy to save the world or defeat bad guys.

@Anti-Matter Oh I see. But there's a lot of great mature games where you play as the good guys. Is it only R18+ games that you don't play or do you not play M and MA15+ games either? Though the classifications for certain games might be different in your region I guess.

@DakkaDakka
I said i'm against ALL 18+ / Mature games, doesn't matter the contents inside.
I ONLY play rated Early Childhood, Everyone, Everyone 10+, Teen games / CERO A & B games / PEGI 3, 7 & 12 games.
I avoid confusing Australian rating games since All rated Teen games was rated as Blue label "Mature" and i don't want to bring any games with word of Mature to my gaming room. And i banned ALL games with rated MA15+ and above.

@Anti-Matter Hahaha.... ok that's very strange.

@DakkaDakka
I'm not against those Blue label of "Mature" Australian games, but i still don't like to bring any games with "Mature" label.
That's why i avoid Australian games if the games was rated Teen by ESRB but rated Blue label "Mature" by Australian rating. I will choose the USA version since it rated Teen.

@Anti-Matter I see... weird lol.