Massive launch.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons smashes sales records in the UK
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a major hit in the UK.Nintendo's critically acclaimed sequel has sold more cop…
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons launch sales in UK 3.5 times bigger than New Leaf, bigger than all FW of all AC games combined (digital not included)
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Massive launch.
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and I bet it sold a ton of digital copies. Everyone I know who has bought the game has done so digitally.
Digital not included? Yeah the numbers for this are going to be crazy WW. I wonder if if it may have already hit 10m sold?
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I personally expect 10 millions shipped within the first week.
Everybody needed a place to relax, I think. I'm glad the game's popular! So many of my friends love it so far.
I wish I could partake in the excitement, but I relax more if I can play intense, atmospheric, complex and engaging games; and I feel more comfortable in games with slightly melancholic atmospheres than just straight up 110% wholesome all the time (which is cool don't get me wrong).
I wish I could partake in the excitement, but I relax more if I can play intense, atmospheric, complex and engaging games; and I feel more comfortable in games with slightly melancholic atmospheres than just straight up 110% wholesome all the time (which is cool don't get me wrong).
I really didn't need to see Corinthian Josuke. That avatar is amazingly uncomfortable lmao I love it
Now I wish my preordered copy from Target would arrive! Target noted that it was delayed due to high demand.
I wonder if NH can have a debut near those numbers. Considering we're hearing it's doing massive numbers at retail but considering the state of the world I'd expect this game to have an enormous digital ratio, probably higher than any previous Nintendo game.
Yep. Was going to buy it physical but decided digital was easier and a lot more convenient atm, I bet a lot of people did the same.
If Sw / Sh were a normal Pokémon game I would say that AC would win but with the season pass Pokémon is going to have more legs than normal in the franchise.
Cross posting from the PAL thread:
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Animal Crossing New Leaf did over 32.4k, so AC NH did (well) over 113.4k. That's pretty huge! I think it should be the best release behind Pokémon Sword/Shield. Pokémon Let's Go did 116k or so I believe.
Edit: Chris Dring said he'd include a bit about the game's position in the Switch debut ranking when he finishes the article, so we'll know by then if it hit that mark.
* Wipes sweat from brow *
Animal Crossing New Leaf did over 32.4k, so AC NH did (well) over 113.4k. That's pretty huge! I think it should be the best release behind Pokémon Sword/Shield. Pokémon Let's Go did 116k or so I believe.
Edit: Chris Dring said he'd include a bit about the game's position in the Switch debut ranking when he finishes the article, so we'll know by then if it hit that mark.
I'm sure Animal Crossing will become one of the best selling games this decade. Evergreen and all.
Smash sold more FW than Pokemon Lets go. Around 130k IIRC.
So it'll be 3rd or 4th but barely.
Too bad Switch hardware is supply constrained now so we'll never see how much New Horizons could have boosted hardware sales.
Dann, people are hungry for AC.
My girlfriend hasn't been off it since it arrived on Friday lol but it's giving me time to play Doom, so I'm ok with it lol
My girlfriend hasn't been off it since it arrived on Friday lol but it's giving me time to play Doom, so I'm ok with it lol
Animal Crossing New Horizons is gonna be the highest selling game on Switch when it's all said and done.
Probably the biggest ever for a Nintendo game.
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It's very possible that Switch made Animal Crossing a Mario Kart-tier level of franchise now. Just like it did for Smash Bros.
Ah, you're right. Forgot about that debut, a great one as well. Still, should be a massive debut (and ACNH might even go over it, 32.4k is only a lower bound, so the entire calculation is unbounded from above).
Since it is a "casual game", lots of people fail to see exactly HOW BIG it is of a franchise so this will never not be funny xD
Not even surprised. It's gonna be a massive seller.
All over my social media, this game is all I see with a splash of Doom here and there ofc. I've seen so many friends post about this game, friends I wasnt even aware had any interest in Animal Crossing, let alone had a Switch.
Even I bought the game. Twice even :P And I had absolutely no intent to do so just one month ago.
All over my social media, this game is all I see with a splash of Doom here and there ofc. I've seen so many friends post about this game, friends I wasnt even aware had any interest in Animal Crossing, let alone had a Switch.
Even I bought the game. Twice even :P And I had absolutely no intent to do so just one month ago.
Someone has to go back through older threads where people were claiming AC was niche. The crow eating for this will be spectacular
don't forget to share with us a link for those glorious posts.
Based on what I've been seeing online, the game seems to really be resonating with culture at large.
(Edited for clarity. Don't mean U.K. culture specifically. Just culture in general.)
(Edited for clarity. Don't mean U.K. culture specifically. Just culture in general.)
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Always great to see a game doing well. This is going to do absolute numbers, really fascinated to see the overall numbers come the end of April.
Hopefully any hot take about this being a niche franchise and genre can die a very quick death
Hopefully any hot take about this being a niche franchise and genre can die a very quick death