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NPD - Animal Crossing: New Horizons has the 3rd highest launch for a Nintendo title, Switch set a new all-time record for hardware unit sales in March
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I'm legit surprised (and kinda sad) that smash bros beat it
I would guess Mario kart 8 deluxe for switch or Mario Kart for Wii
Covid makes it really hard to brag about sales
I would guess Mario kart 8 deluxe for switch or Mario Kart for Wii
Covid makes it really hard to brag about sales
Smash Bros. is a phenomenon in the US, one should not be surprised that it retains the best-selling launch month (especially when ACNH launched only towards the end of the month).
Plenty of publishers see it differently, though. Just recently we have had Bethesda, Square Enix and Capcom reporting sales milestones.
I fully expect Nintendo to protect the Animal Crossing brand from this day forward. They are going to make sure that they grow the brand to the point where we will see Animal Crossing become one of the major icons of the company.
New Horizons was a significant driver of U.S. video game market performance in the month of March.
New Horizons truly defined March 2020 for the U.S. video game market and corresponding period of social distancing. There is a synthesis between this game and this time in history that will leave the two forever connected in the world of video games.
Mat's blog post on AC.
mario / Zelda / Pokémon all in super smash bros though..... so they are indeed the shit
It's a little late for that...
I mean the game is probably gonna wind up being the second or third best selling game on the console, AC has definitely hit the big time.
Animal Crossing too
Smash is just Nintendo Avengers, and it's finally selling like it.
Animal Crossing is Nintendo's Black Panther
Super Smash can't be beaten..... unless the next AC releases beginning of dec then bammm
5mil sold thru :P
I'd assume that they thought this wasn't a great environment in which to be seen crowing about numbers.
Smash Ultimate launched at the very beginning of the month, and it was a holiday month. It must have been huge, huge, huge numbers!
Any thoughts on how much previous AC games sold in USA ?
Since it surpassed that, we might be able to estimate sales.
Since it surpassed that, we might be able to estimate sales.
They should rename March to Nintendo. It's their month now.
Also ACNH was the first Nintendo Switch First party title I purchased digitally (using a voucher). Makes too much sense to always have it ready.
Also ACNH was the first Nintendo Switch First party title I purchased digitally (using a voucher). Makes too much sense to always have it ready.
and it deserves everything!!!! animal crossing new horizons is an absolute stellar game and the sizeable updates themselves just blow my mind. so much care was put into this game. it's one of the only thing that makes me smile these days. thank goodness it came out when it did, it's been a source of comfort for many.
Final Fantasy VII Remake sells 3.5 million copies in 3 days (Shipped & Digital)
Square Enix PR:
www.resetera.com
Yes. If a store gets stock it's basically gone within an hour.
one of the Halo games unless im remembering the director wrong
EDIT: Yeah, a quick search and I was wrong
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This will probably outsell every Halo game. Probably this year actually.
ThanksFinal Fantasy VII Remake sells 3.5 million copies in 3 days (Shipped & Digital)
Square Enix PR:
That's insane. But literally all my friends who own a Switch bought the damn thing so it's not super surprising lol
Funny thing back to all those arguments about how AC wasn't that big of a franchise. Crazy to think this is a non holiday month, AC is going to sell bonkers these holidays as well.
Surely some 3rd parties must be looking at this and wondering how they can cash in. The switch is going to easily pass 100 million units of HW and 3rd parties are just missing all of that.
Surely some 3rd parties must be looking at this and wondering how they can cash in. The switch is going to easily pass 100 million units of HW and 3rd parties are just missing all of that.
Biggest selling Halo game is on about 11m. I wouldn't be remotely shocked if this is already thereabouts.
3rd parties are doing ok on switch I think. And indies are doing phenomenally well. It's EA that are missing out really and, let's be honest, that's a good thing.
thank you and also why do I get the feeling she's also the one that increased the female demographics on Animal Crossing with her input. She has created a goldmine and AAA franchise with this series.
The Animal Crossing team made Amiibo Festival purely as an excuse to make Animal Crossing amiibo.
Which, you know? Fair.
Hey, after the damage control they pulled with New Leaf's Welcome amiibo update, I ain't complaining.
Nintendo's New Key to Creativity: More Women
"When I first started, it wasn't uncommon to be the only woman on the entire team," said Animal Crossing director Aya Kyogoku.
I was more thinking about Uncharted (Amy Hennig) or Portal(Kim Swift)
I have no idea how reliable this is but this site told me the original Halo has sold ~20M units:
Halo
Halo is a shooter franchise for Microsoft's Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Windows (PC). Halo 4's development costs of over $100 million, made it one of the most expensive games ever made. As of March 1st, 2021 Microsoft has sold over 81 million Halo games since its 2001...
Which is what I was basing that off of. Yeah, ACNH has probably surpassed 12M by now but definitely not 20M.
They really should do this. Clothing, toys, bags, etc. The next big thing since Pokemon.
Also, just so everyone is aware: this game did so well because of the badass character, Curly the pig, whose biceps have biceps.