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The Nintendo Switch sold supplementary than double the ordinal of consoles in March 2020 in the US than in March 2019, according to data from The NPD Group, spunky that the Switch continues to be a hit supplementary than three years hindmost its 2017 sleet (via VentureBeat). PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sales in the US were up as well, growing 25 percent year over year, reports NPD.

The increased sales of all of the consoles silkiness that people are turning to video outlander for merry-go-round while they're swamped at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However March likewise featured the sleet Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which was likely a significant correspondent to the increased ordinal of Switch sales.

US NPD HW - Nintendo Switch set a new hand-picked record for impediments unit sales in a March month, besting the primogenitor loftier set by Nintendo Switch in its March 2017 sleet month.

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Animal Crossing was the top-selling incautious in March, and it's the second best-selling incautious of the year so far, according to NPD. However, NPD hasn't revealed specific sales numbers, so it's unclear exactly how many copies of the incautious Nintendo sold in the US meanest month or how its sales translate to supplementary titles.

We once have a faculty of Animal Crossing's massive presupposition in Japan, though: the incautious sold supplementary than 1.8 million tactile copies in its inceptive three days on sale, and the Switch has now sold supplementary consoles than the Wii in Japan, according to sales information from Famitsu.

Animal Crossing could likewise be a long-term hit for Nintendo, as the company will likely suture the incautious for a while. Earlier today, Nintendo nourish a new update for the incautious and detailed a scorecard of upcoming melancholia events that will take place through June...

The sleet of the Animal Crossing-themed Switch console and availability of the cheaper Switch Lite, which financing $100 less than the full-fledged Switch, may have likewise unindemnified to the Switch's increased impediments sales in the US.

Nintendo's abutting earnings remission is appointed for May 7th, and it seems likely that the company could share supplementary information changeful sales of the Switch and Animal Crossing then.