Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold 1.88 million its first three days in Japan

News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson Former News Editor

Published on March 25, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a big hit in Japan.

According to the latest Famitsu numbers, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold 1.88 million copies at retail in Japan during its first three days on the market.

This makes it the best-selling opening weekend ever for a Switch title, a record which was previously held by Pokemon Sword and Shield with 1.3 million in sales (thanks, Nintendo Everything).

The Animal Crossing figure represents retail copies, game cards and the Switch bundle only. Digital sales were not reported, so of course, once factored in the figure would be much larger.

The Famitsu figure is 5,800 units more than the 1.3 million reported by Geo Corporation earlier this week.

For the period of March 16-22, Switch sold 392,576 units sold compared to 57,274 the prior week. The figure represents both the standard Switch and Switch Lite. It's wasn't noted how many of those units were the Animal Crossing bundle.

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