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Animal Crossing crosses 5m at retail in Japan with no signs of slowing down, Switch sold 94k last week and crosses 14m units sold

Lelouch0612

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Total sales for the game are : 5,004,720 which means that the game sold an additional 70k last week.

Evolution of the game sales since launch:

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It entered the top 10 of best-selling games in Japan. With digital it is already be in the top 5 (confimation on August 7th).
 
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sir_crocodile

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It's going to outsell Pokemon Red/Green/Blue when all is said and done and be the best selling game of all time in Japan
 
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Switch crossed 14m units at Famitsu alongside it. 14,050,313 units, over 90k units for the week.
 
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This game is why Nintendo doesn't have to reveal jack shit for the rest of the year lol.
 
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Knight613 said:
They better reveal some stuff lol. I still have 3 Switch vouchers that expire at the end of July. I suspect a lot of others have them too.
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Yeah, the voucher situation sucks. I used my last one on Xenoblade. They might announce a game or two in July but I wouldn't hold my breath for much more than that.
 
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I'd really like to know the japanese digital share of this game. 5 million physical copies at retail is some number alright.

And if it goes like New Leaf, this game might continue to sell decently for years.
 
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The japanese market has shrunk so much that it has started retroactively lowering sales of past videogames, allowing even a niche series like AC to top their all time charts.

Anyway, that's seriously impressive and also singlehandedly explains why Nintendo is asking third parties to make games for women
 

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The idea of Nintendo not revealing games because of AC (and not you know, the complex logistics and risks related to a worldwide pandemic event) is peak ERA.
 
cw_sasuke

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Just crazy - DQ, MH and Pokemon look like chumps compared to AC:NH lol.
What as success story.
 
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Zaimokuza said:
The japanese market has shrunk so much that it has started retroactively lowering sales of past videogames, allowing even a niche series like AC to top their all time charts.

Anyway, that's seriously impressive and also singlehandedly explains why Nintendo is asking third parties to make games for women
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Cant decide of that ''AC is a niche series'' part is satire or not
 

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this means the game either has, or will next week, pas the lifetime physical sales of these two games:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf [All Versions] - 5.067.988
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! - 5.082.322


and in a few weeks, these games:

Animal Crossing: Wild World - 5.241.655
Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire - 5.337.045
Pokémon Black/White - 5.490.455
 
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Joseki said:
The idea of Nintendo not revealing games because of AC (and not you know, the complex logistics and risks related to a worldwide pandemic event) is peak ERA.
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Nobody here said that. Jokes bro.

mazi said:
this means the game either has, or will next week, pas the lifetime physical sales of these two games:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf [All Versions] - 5.067.988
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! - 5.082.322


and in a few weeks, these games:

Animal Crossing: Wild World - 5.241.655
Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire - 5.337.045
Pokémon Black/White - 5.490.455
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Huh, Black/White outsold R/S in Japan? That's crazy to me.
 
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Lelouch0612

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Borrowing this chart from hiska-kun , here is the impact that Animal Crossing had on Switch hardware sales:

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Should also be noted that the Switch is supply constrained for months now.
 
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The following graphs may be slightly NSFW...
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Bonus: New Horizons VS New Leaf + Wild World combined... starting from next week New Horizons will fall behind at retail, but outselling two of the top 10 best-selling games of all time, combined, for 15 weeks is just insane. It might last even longer when including digital sales.
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Nintendo + TPC were already hovering around 50% marketshare but I wouldn't be surprised to see that go up to 60% or more in the next few years.

Everyone else has given up on catering to the market.
 
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Can we end the "NSO is slowing down sales" meme and start the "Nintendo Switch Install base is slowing down Animal Crossing sales" ?
 
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Just like with Pokemon, both owned by my daughters, i just don't understand the appeal, it is not really a very gamey experience if that makes sense. But congratulations, it is a really outstanding success, that is an insane amount of copies in a short period. I wonder when will they put a bit of that money to allow a backup and transfer mode.
 
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tzare said:
Just like with Pokemon, both owned by my daughters, i just don't understand the appeal, it is not really a very gamey experience if that makes sense. But congratulations, it is a really outstanding success, that is an infant amount of copies in a short period. I wonder when will they put a bit of that money to allow a backup and transfer mode.
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It's not for everyone. I feel like it's one of those that you either get or you don't.

Obligatory: the animals are still crossing.
 
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