The new installment becomes the best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch in its debut and pulverizes the records of Pokémon Sword and Shield.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has debuted with records in Japan. The long-awaited new iteration of the saga for the Nintendo Switch has managed to sell 1.88 million units in just three days; the best record in console history to date. According to the latest issue of Famitsu, whose breakdown will be known throughout this Wednesday, the sales of the console have also skyrocketed in this period.
Thus, in the week of March 16 to 22 —Animal Crossing computes only from March 20 to 22— 1,880,626 copies of this new delivery have been sold, including both physical units and download cards and the Nintendo Switch + bundle Animal Crossing: New Horizons; but it does not include digital sales through the eShop, which are also estimated to be very high.
If we put these figures in context, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has left behind the already excellent debut that Pokémon Sword and Shield recorded with 1.36 million units last November; It was so far the best Nintendo Switch weekend in Japan.
Lampposts, telephone boxes, town hall, a fountain … This already takes the form of a town.
But the new adventure of Canela, Tom Nook and the rest of the insulans in the Deserted Islands Settlement Plan has raised the ceiling to unprecedented levels. So much so that, despite the lack of supply of Nintendo Switch units – here we analyze the situation -, in the last seven days 392,000 units of the system have been sold, including Nintendo Switch Lite, which increases the installed base of the console at 12.8 million units since its launch in March 2017.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons, also of record in the United Kingdom
All forecasts pointed to a launch punctuated by success. The current situation, with everyone affected by the coronavirus, has raised interest in the consumption of audiovisual and video game products, especially through digital sales.
In the UK, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has sold 3.5 times more than the previous installment in its debut, Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2013, 3DS), and more than all previous iterations put together. While waiting to know more data about Europe and the United States, everything suggests that it will be a real success capable of approaching 20 million copies globally.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available exclusively for Nintendo Switch. You can read our Reviews at this link; Our guide is also ready with tips, questions answered and more.
