Nintendo hit a golden vein during the pandemic with the Animal Crossing game, on whose wings twice as many Switch consoles were sold as expected.
Sales of the Nintendo Switch console rose sharply in the last quarter. Nintendo announced today that they have sold as many as 5.68 million Switch consoles in the period from April to July this year. This is twice as much as last year's result at the same time, and this result can certainly be attributed at least in part to the coronavirus pandemic, which many have stayed at home and have so far treated with gaming.
That impressive figure is divided into the standard Switch console which sold 3.05 million units and the Nintendo Switch Lite version which added another 2.62 million units sold in total. This means that since its launch, Nintendo has sold a total of 61.44 million Switch consoles, as well as the fact that the Switch should surpass total sales of the 3DS console by next year. And the 3DS sold like hot cakes!
Despite the results slightly higher than expected, Nintendo reiterated that they still plan to sell 19 million units of Switch consoles by the end of March next year, ie not to change their forecast.
In the same period, the results of their first-party games for Switch were also excellent, in which people obviously found solace and fun during the pandemic. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is still a relatively new game on the market, and is already the second best-selling game for Switch in general. Since its release in March this year, the new Animal Crossing has sold an incredible 22.4 million copies, of which over 10 million were sold in the first quarter of the year alone. This means that this game is now better-selling than popular titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Pokémon Sword and Shield and Super Mario Odyssey. The only obstacle to its top is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 26.74 million copies sold.
Pokemon Sword and Shield also sells great. In fact, it has become the best-selling Pokemon title in the last 20 years with over 18 million copies in the hands of gamers.
As for the rest of the year, a new Paper Mario has recently come out, and although their release dates have not been confirmed games like Bravely Default II and No More Heroes 3 should come out this year. In addition, fans can look forward to the Deluxe version of Pikmin 3 coming in the 10th month. Will that be enough and is Nintendo hiding some more big announcements from us before the end of this year? As soon as we find out something you read it on HCL.
No comments:
Post a Comment