Animal Crossing: New Horizons Hits 6 Million Physical Sales In Japan, The Fastest Game To Do So
Another record smashed.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to take the world by storm, becoming the fastest ever game to reach six million physical sales in Japan's history.
You may have spotted New Horizons' latest lifetime total in our Japanese chart round-up yesterday; the game sold another 37,290 physical copies in the region last week, taking its grand total to 6,011,308. Of course, if digital sales were also included, that figure would be significantly higher.
According to figures shared by Games Data Library, only five games have ever reached six million physical sales in Japan, with New Super Mario Bros. being the most recent. New Horizons has managed to reach the six million mark in just eight months; the previous record was held by Pokémon Gold and Silver, which reportedly achieved the same sales in 13 months.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the first game in Japan to top 6 million total sales at retail since the New Super Mario Bros.
— Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) November 26, 2020
Only 5 games have ever reached that landmark in Japan. https://t.co/6Zgzer8MDt
Will Animal Crossing overtake Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the best-selling Switch game of all time? It's certainly looking possible.
[source: Twitter]
About the game
Animal Crossing
- Release date: December 14, 2001
- Developer(s): Nintendo EAD
- Publisher(s): Nintendo
- Game mode(s): Single player
- Platform(s): Nintendo GameCube
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