Nintendo Switch Console Sales Passed in 3DS, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sold 31 Million

Nintendo has announced that as of December 31, 2020, the Nintendo Switch has officially passed the 3DS with 79.87 million console units sold. Furthermore, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold 31.18 million copies, as revealed in Nintendo’s latest financial income for the nine-month period ending December 31, 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting closer to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ‘ 33.41 million to pass. units are sold as the best Nintendo Switch game.

Super Smash Bros.Ultimate is the third best-selling Switch game with 22.85 million units sold, followed by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s 21.45 million units, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield’s 20.35 million units, and Super Mario Odyssey’s 20.23 million units.Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield also became the first Pokémon games to sell more than 20 million units since Pokémon Gold and Silver.

During the nine months ending 31 December 2020, titles issued in the financial year beginning 1 April 2020 were very successful. Super Mario 3D All-Stars sold 8.32 million units, Paper Mario: The Origami King sold 3.05 million units, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity sold 2.84 million units, Pikmin 3 Deluxe sold 1.94 million units units sold and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit sold 1.08 million units.

Games released in the previous financial year also continued to sell well during these nine months, led by Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ 19.41 million units. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 8.64 million units, Ring Fit Adventure sold 5.95 million units, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 4.04 million units and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 4.01 million units.29 Nintendo Switch titles have sold more than one million copies, including 9 games from other software publishers.

Nintendo Switch hardware sales reached 24.10 million units during this period, an increase of 35.8% year-on-year, and software sales 176.10 million units, an increase of 43.0% year-on-year. year basis.

It is also interesting to note that the Nintendo Switch Lite sold 13.53 million units in its lifetime, which means that it is almost 13.56 million units of the Wii U.

Digital sales also accounted for 40.9% of all software sales, an increase of 12.3% year-on-year. Digital sales also showed an increase of 104.9% compared to 2019.Revenue from mobile and IP ratio increased by 13.8% year-on-year.

Although we do not know the full plan of Nintendo for 2021, we have Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, Monster Hunter Rise, New Pokemon Snap and Bravely Default 2 to look forward to in the next few months.

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