Animal Crossing: New Horizons Was the Best-Selling Game in France in 2020 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 January 2021 / 1,498 Views
Animal Crossing: New Horizons was the best-selling retail game in France in 2020, according to Oscar Lemaire of the French sales site Ludostrie.
Lemaire posted a list of the best-selling game in each year dating back to 1997. This is the first time since 2013 the best-selling game was not FIFA. 2014 through 2019 saw FIFA 15 to FIFA 20 as the best-selling game in France. This is also the first time a Nintendo game topped the charts since 2008 When Mario Kart Wii was number one.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for the Nintendo Switch.
Animal Crossing New Horizons est le jeu vidéo le plus vendu de l'année 2020 en France en physique. C'est la première fois depuis 7 ans que ce n'est pas un FIFA en tête du classement, et la première fois depuis 12 ans que ce n'est pas un FIFA/COD/GTA. pic.twitter.com/PRuBa9asje
— Oscar Lemaire (@oscarlemaire) January 12, 2021
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Goddamn, it actually beat FIFA. Seems like it's physical only which might be to its advantage, but then again considering when AC launched it probably has a larger digital ratio than most switch games even now.
Beats FIFA TLOU2 and Cyberpunk! An exclusive did that! Literally saved 2020!
Why and how??
Where you dead in 2020? Animal Crossing was the trend for majority of 2020. All over social media it was trending. Popular celebrities and youtubes/strramers were all seen playing/talking about the game.
One casual game outselling another casual game.
IM SHOCKED!!
Actually one casual game is an exclusive to 1 console. While the other is a multiplatform.
