Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tops the German Charts in January 2020 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 February 2020 / 3,330 Views

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the best-selling game in Germany in December 2019, according to the German association for video games. The game climbed up three spots from fourth to first.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot debuted in second place. FIFA 20 is down two spots to third, while Luigi's Mansion 3 drops two spots to fourth place. Super Mario Party climbs three spots to fifth place.

Minecraft is up from 13th place to sixth place, while Pokemon Sword drops one spot to seventh. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild after nearly three years on sale re-enters the top 10 in eighth place.

Here is the top 20 chart for Germany in January 2020:

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

6 Comments

Jumpin (on 14 February 2020)

Does not surprise me one bit. In Germany the game is popular for local multiplayer during lunch hour, and it is probably the main seller of the Nintendo Switch, even ahead of Breath of the Wild.

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Jumpin Jumpin (on 14 February 2020)

To elaborate a little more with an anecdote:

At my work there was 4 of us that began playing Mario Kart at lunch. Two years later, it was easy to fill up all the slots in a multiplayer match. We have had so many players that often we have two different games going on. Usually it is board games and card games that occupied us at lunch, but Mario Kart is now the champion.

It's quite fun because when you are hooked up online you can fill up remaining slots with online players.

Anyway. There are always people seeing the group play, and they want to join in. That's the main reason why they buy a Switch.

siebensus4 (on 13 February 2020)

12 out of 20 are Switch exclusives. That's pretty impressive for a PlayStation dominated country and the large PS4 install base. It seems that rather many different games are being bought for PS4 than a few system sellers.