March was a busy month for Nintendo. With several big releases such as Triangle Strategy, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's season pass kicking off with Wave 1. So it's perhaps no surprise that - even in the wake of Elden Ring - the Switch was Europe's best-selling console in March.
Gameindustry.biz shared the findings in their latest report, mentioning that while overall console sales dropped 39% compared to March 2021 (likely due to stock shortages for Sony and Microsoft), Switch sales actually increased by 9%.
Looking at games, it's not surprising to see Elden Ring and the top of the pile, and the rest of the top five is made up of some mainstays and other popular big 2022 releases. But Kirby's first-ever 3D game has done smashingly well and sits among giants like FIFA 22, even beating the likes of Horizon Forbidden West and Borderlands series spin-off Tiny Tina's Wonderland.
You can check out what games made the top 20 for March in Europe here. And remember, anything with an asterisk means that digital sales figures aren't included, which makes Kirby's position in the charts even more impressive.
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Elden Ring (Bandai Namco) |
| 2 |
Gran Turismo 7 (Sony) |
| 3 | FIFA 22 (EA) |
| 4 |
Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar) |
| 5 |
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo)* |
| 6 |
WWE 2K22 (2K Games) |
| 7 |
Horizon Forbidden West (Sony) |
| 8 |
Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Nintendo)* |
| 9 |
F1 2021 (EA) |
| 10 |
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2K Games) |
| 11 |
Mario Kart 8: Deluxe (Nintendo)* |
| 12 |
Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo)* |
| 13 |
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar) |
| 14 |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft) |
| 15 |
NBA 2K22 (2K Games) |
| 16 |
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs Brain (Nintendo)* |
| 17 |
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Nintendo / Mojang)* |
| 18 |
Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar) |
| 19 |
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (EA) |
| 20 |
Triangle Strategy (Square Enix) |
April looks to be a little quieter for Nintendo - though Nintendo Switch Sports may shake things up a bit, and Kirby might continue to gobble up the numbers. Time will tell.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
Comments 16
Triangle Strategy was published by Nintendo in Europe though.
@Rambler yeaaah let's change that to "up". In gives the wrong impression!
@Rambler I just spat my coffee out!
Well, Switch is surely on it's way to the best selling console of all time.
It’s all roses at is slowly changing.
March 2022 UK.
In the UK Xbox was first
Switch second
PS5 Third
Don’t get me wrong amazing console sales and games. Just needs some new big AAA from in house
To give it a push up or two.
Damn
This trains stops for nothing!
Also Xbox outsold Switch in the USA last week.
Which is more news than this winning Europe in March.
Nintendo have been mid carding the Switch on games for to long now.
Maybe it’s starting to show just slightly.
And before anyone has a pop at me.
It’s just pure facts.
Had a Switch since day one and have upgraded to Switch OLED and Have family online membership and big Nintendo fan.
Facts one day that is about it. This is about overall sales matter more one can cherry pick a one day sales but that means little in the overall picture.
@Dezzy70 Yeah I'm gonna have a pop at you. The Switch is ahead of Xbox in the UK for the whole quarter and is still top selling console in most months. Also it's the only console that's up YoY in Europe. It just came from two massive years, it's obviously going to be down this year globally. No need to pretend like Nintendo's release schedule has not been good.
@Dezzy70 You're darn right, Xbox outselling anything is news in itself!
@BTB20
I think Nintendo release schedule could be better that’s all.
But then so could Sony and definitely Xbox.
No fan wars here please.
I’m a dedicated Nintendo man, and will have the Switch 2 day one.
@Skunkfish
Good point 😂, but not clever for the big N really.
@Dezzy70
Stop referencing Vgchartz.
@westman98
We are Westham Utd, everywhere we go.
Come on you irons.
@westman98
Well there is not much else to go on
Yes correct it’s VGcharts.
It doesn’t matter, it’s all cool.
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