Difficulties in finding physical drives during the coronavirus pandemic precipitated higher sales volume in the eShop.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has already exceeded 10 million units sold only in digital format (eShop). The new video game in the saga for Nintendo Switch, a success in its first weeks on sale, thus reaching historical records for Nintendo, has released the latest issue of Famitsu magazine.
This high volume of preference for the purchase of the game in the eShop, as explained by the company itself in its last financial meeting, especially alludes to the shortage of physical units at first, since the departure coincided with the period of greatest pandemic crisis (COVID-19) and increased mobility restrictions.
The placement and distribution of objects in the interiors is an evolution of what has been seen in Happy Home Designer.
In March, computing only eleven days, he broke the historical record of any video game on consoles in terms of digital sales in one month. The previous record was held by Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
13.41 million units sold in six weeks
It should be said that the title exceeded Nintendo’s total sales expectations in just a few days. This new iteration of the saga is an international success. According to official data from the company itself, the debut of Animal Crossing: New Horizons exceeded in record time the figure of 13.41 million units sold; 11.77 million copies in just eleven days.
In just a month and a half, it ranked in the Top-6 of best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch, as seen in the top-10 of best-selling games on the console. In this way, the Deserted Islands Settlement Plan already exceeds the sales of its predecessor, Animal Crossing: New Leaf for Nintendo 3DS in 2013, which managed to sell more than 12 million copies.
For those wondering about the future of the game, Nintendo has confirmed that they will continue to update the title for years. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been available exclusively for Nintendo Switch since March 20. Check out our full game guide here.
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