Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sold 5 Million Copies Digitally Worldwide In March 2020, Sets New Record

Superdata Research has published their usual monthly report on digital sales in gaming, revealing some staggering new figures about Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ performance in March.

According to Superdata Research, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold around 5 million copies digitally in March. Not only is this an incredible number on its own, but the game has also set a new record in terms of first-month digital sales, smashing the record previously held by Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII.

You can check out Superdata Research’s full comment on the subject below:

Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold more digital units in a single month (5.0M) than any console game in history. The Nintendo-published title broke the console record for monthly digital game sales previously held by Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII. Animal Crossing: New Horizons also roughly matched the first-month digital sales of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Pokémon Sword and Shield put together. The game’s combination of social features and a relaxing setting likely appealed to individuals stuck at home. Closures of brick and mortar stores also meant that a higher share of consumers purchased the game digitally compared to past Switch titles.

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