Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sets UK Record, Doom Eternal Debuts in 2nd - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 March 2020 / 5,131 Views
It was reported earlier that the UK launch for Animal Crossing: New Horizons was 3.5 times bigger than the launch of the last major release in the franchise, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and had a bigger launch the every other Animal Crossing game combined, according to GFK for the week ending March 21, 2020.
The figures for the game are for physical copies only and does not include digital downloads. It is possible digital sales for the game are higher than usual due to concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. If you keep sales for Pokémon Sword and Shield separate, than the game was the biggest single game launch on the Nintendo Switch in UK history.
Doom Eternal is the one other big release for the week as it debuted in second place. It was a decent amount behind sales for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Sales for the game were also about a third smaller than its predecessor.
It has been a strong week for physical game sales in the UK with over 475,000 games sold last week, which is over three times the previous week. Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Doom Eternal were the main reason for the increase in sales. However, game sales increased across the board.
Here are the top 10 best-selling titles:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - NEW
- Doom Eternal - New
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- FIFA 20
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Crash Bandicoot N. Same Trilogy
- Forza Horizon 4
- Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Refueled
- Red Dead Redemption 2
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"If you keep sales for Pokémon Sword and Shield separate"
So, in other words, it's not the biggest Switch game launch in the UK.
Pretty much but it's still impressive that it had a bigger launch than all other Switch games, especially Smash Bros.
Most people only buy 1 version though. I'm guessing less than 10% of the total sales are from double dippers.
Wonder if AC is benefitting from being a way for people to socialize while under quarantine from COVID-19.
Not at all, I know that the series is popular in general. I could see the social nature of it appealing to a lot of people who are stuck indoors either voluntarily or by government order during the pandemic.
Good for AC, but Pokemon still reigns.
time to make your home your island.
GTA V is crazy xD Cant wait of the Persona 5 Royal (best JRPG and one of the best games of all time, 96 % reviews), RE3R & Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sales in the next weeks =)
