Animal Crossing: New Horizons had a large 12 months, and it has officiallyAnimal Crossing Bells  damaged the one-year sales report for Nintendo of Europe. During the ultimate yr, it ruled the charts, promoting a extraordinary 7 million devices.

According to records from Nintendo shared with GamesIndustry.Biz, those sport income account for approximately one-third of all Switch owners in Europe. Nintendo's investor website puts the entire sales figures for the sport at just over 31 million, that means about 24 million copies were sold in other areas. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has previously set a short-term launch sales file for Europe again in 2018, though it does not seem Nintendo targeted if that sport also held the one-yr file.

A few elements in all likelihood made it easier for Animal Crossing to set the new file. Aside from its acclaim and the series' typical popularity, it launched three years after the Switch first released, which means there has been a bigger player-base for the sport out of the gate. Of course, COVID-19 additionally saved humans inside all yr, and New Horizons allowed them to live related. Certain politicians even advocated this particularly early on in the pandemic. Prior to a policy change from Nintendo, some, like now-President Biden, even used the sport for his or her ACNH Bells campaigns.