Although the pandemic is bringing several markets to their knees, also forcing some giants of the videogame sector to have to revise their plans, it would seem that Nintendo has increased its sales by more than 40%. According to the data communicated, the Kyoto house would have sold between the months of July and September 2020 as many as 6,86 million Switches, reaching 68,3 million units sold since its launch in 2017. This is a truly impressive growth for the company, even compared to the previous quarter, during which the company shipped 5,68 million systems.
Sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which with over three and a half million units distributed in the last period, has totaled 26,04 millions of copies sold, making it the second most successful Nintendo Switch game, behind only Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Although the other titles of the Kyoto house did not shine, two other games achieved truly surprising results. Super Mario 3D All-Stars sold 5,21 million copies by the end of September, while Paper Mario: The Origami King it reached about 2,82 million units distributed.
Furthermore, given the excellent results, Nintendo plans to sell around 24 million Switches within fiscal year, which will end next year on March 31, compared to the previous 19 million units declared. We just have to wait for the Christmas period to find out what the plans of the Kyoto house will be to counter the imminent arrival of the next-gen branded Sony e Microsoft products.
