Animal Crossing By Far Biggest Switch Launch in Japan, Switch Sees New Best HW Week

[Xevross]

Software:

01./00. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 1.880.626 / NEW

Hardware:

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|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |    392.576 |     57.274 |     56.812 |  1.417.791 |    919.371 |  12.801.222 |
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Other top Switch launches and other AC launches:

[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 1.880.626 / NEW
[NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) - 1.364.544 / NEW <60-80%>
[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 1.238.358 / NEW <60-80%>

[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 1.880.626 / NEW
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) - 721.786 / NEW <97,30%>
[3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) - 516.381 / NEW <60-80%>
[NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World <ETC> (Nintendo) {2005.11.23} (¥4.800) - 335.425 / NEW
[WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2008.11.20} (¥5.800) - 303.204 / NEW

With a digital ratio of >30% Animal Crossing would be the biggest video game launch in Japan ever. With physical only its in the top 10.

[Cute Pikachu]

Almost 400k switches sold
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[Xevross]

Here's the chart showing all weeks of Switch sales, look how huge this week was!

[Xevross]

Insane second week for AC and Switch in Japan. That's the 3rd highest second week of all time in Japan without even counting digital sales, could well be the highest 2nd week ever with digital included. Switch HW hold is possibly even more impressive, that's an utterly ridiculous number. Stock is getting real low now though, next week will be a massive drop.

Famitsu Sales: Week 13, 2020 (Mar 23 - Mar 29)

01./01. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 727.791 / 2.608.417 (-61%)
02./00. [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.03.26} (¥7.800) - 75.998 / NEW
03./00. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.03.26} (¥7.800) - 61.571 / NEW
04./04. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) - 14.996 / 3.542.524 (-15%)
05./08. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 13.819 / 745.127 (+84%)
06./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 11.577 / 2.840.930 (-4%)
07./03. [NSW] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2020.03.06} (¥5.980) - 11.501 / 218.394 (-48%)
08./02. [PS4] Nioh 2 <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2020.03.12} (¥7.800) - 11.270 / 129.302 (-57%)
09./07. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 10.355 / 3.623.274 (-3%)
10./05. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 9.908 / 1.331.839 (-18%)

Top 10

NSW - 8
PS4 - 2

HARDWARE
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|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |    282.561 |    392.576 |     49.852 |  1.700.352 |    969.223 |  13.083.783 |
| PS4 # |     10.820 |     15.393 |     23.863 |    170.086 |    444.487 |   8.918.329 |
| 3DS # |        940 |      1.022 |      5.056 |     15.170 |     86.500 |  24.511.317 |
| XB1 # |        310 |        311 |         92 |      1.402 |      1.769 |     112.648 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    294.631 |    409.302 |     79.580 |  1.887.010 |  1.533.041 |  46.626.077 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW L |    230.671 |    263.103 |            |    964.090 |            |   2.009.473 |
|  NSW  |     51.890 |    129.473 |     49.852 |    736.262 |    969.223 |  11.074.310 |
| XB1 X |        236 |        281 |         64 |        934 |      1.371 |      19.576 |
| XB1 S |         74 |         30 |         28 |        468 |        398 |      21.070 |
|PS4 Pro|      3.432 |      4.237 |      6.577 |     68.470 |    154.057 |   1.463.440 |
|  PS4  |      7.388 |     11.156 |     17.286 |    101.616 |    290.430 |   7.454.889 |
|n-2DSLL|        895 |        896 |      4.291 |     14.250 |     67.964 |   1.118.496 |
| n-3DS |         45 |        126 |        765 |        920 |     17.445 |   5.886.835 |
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[Xevross]

Here's all of the 2nd weeks in Japan which managed over 500k (sorted by date):

01./01. [PS1] Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past <RPG> (Enix) {2000.08.26} (¥7.800) - 1.072.286 / 2.934.351 (-42%)
01./01. [PS2] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King <RPG> (Square Enix) {2004.11.27} (¥8.800) - 559.524 / 2.796.405 <87,60%> (-75%)
01./01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite # <ACT> (Capcom) {2008.03.27} (¥4.571) - 552.701 / 1.375.966 (-33%)
01./01. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies <RPG> (Square Enix) {2009.07.11} (¥5.695) - 602.856 / 2.946.296 (-74%)
01./01. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} (¥4.571) - 772.172 / 3.409.457 (-71%)
01./01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 # <ACT> (Capcom) {2010.12.01} (¥5.524) - 514.198 / 2.660.665 (-76%)
01./01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.571) - 591.025 / 2.687.075 <87,80%> (-72%)
01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters <RPG> (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.600) - 530.183 / 1.742.101 <80-100%> (-56%)
01./01. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 727.791 / 2.608.417 (-61%)

Extremely impressive from AC. Here's how all the Animal Crossing games fare after 2 weeks:

02./01. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World <ETC> (Nintendo) {2005.11.23} (¥4.571) - 142.869 / 478.294 <83,10%> (-57%)
03./01. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2008.11.20} (¥5.524) - 110.403 / 413.607 (-64%)
01./01. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.571) - 315.317 / 1.037.103 <95,80%> (-56%)
01./01. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.000) - 196.797 / 713.178 <60-80%> (-62%)
01./01. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 727.791 / 2.608.417 (-61%)

New Horizons is absolutely blowing the rest away.

[the-pi-guy]

Most bigly.

[Xevross]

Another bat-shame insane week from AC and Switch in Japan. I don't think we've seen a HW boost from one game quite like this before. AC software at 3million physical in 3 weeks, just extraordinary.

Famitsu Sales: Week 14, 2020 (Mar 30 - Apr 05)

01./01. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 423.367 / 3.031.784 (-42%)
02./00. [PS4] Resident Evil 3 # <ADV> (Capcom) {2020.04.03} (¥7.800) - 189.490 / NEW
03./02. [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.03.26} (¥7.800) - 18.333 / 94.331 (-76%)
04./03. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.03.26} (¥7.800) - 17.340 / 78.911 (-72%)
05./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 14.171 / 2.855.101 (+22%)
06./09. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 12.257 / 3.635.531 (+18%)
07./04. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) - 11.017 / 3.553.541 (-27%)
08./10. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 9.045 / 134.884 (-9%)
09./07. [NSW] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2020.03.06} (¥5.980) - 8.556 / 226.950 (-26%)
10./05. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 8.496 / 753.623 (-39%)

Top 10

NSW - 8
PS4 - 2

HARDWARE
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|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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| NSW # |    154.640 |    282.561 |     46.850 |  1.854.992 |  1.016.073 |  13.238.423 |
| PS4 # |     19.535 |     10.820 |     13.854 |    189.621 |    458.341 |   8.937.864 |
| 3DS # |      1.230 |        940 |      4.388 |     16.400 |     90.888 |  24.512.547 |
| XB1 # |         51 |        310 |         93 |      1.453 |      1.862 |     112.699 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    175.456 |    294.631 |     65.667 |  2.062.466 |  1.598.708 |  46.801.533 |
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| NSW L |    100.084 |    230.671 |            |  1.064.174 |            |   2.109.557 |
|  NSW  |     54.556 |     51.890 |     46.850 |    790.818 |  1.016.073 |  11.128.866 |
| XB1 X |         23 |        236 |         60 |        957 |      1.431 |      19.599 |
| XB1 S |         28 |         74 |         33 |        496 |        431 |      21.098 |
|PS4 Pro|      6.116 |      3.432 |      5.507 |     74.586 |    159.564 |   1.469.556 |
|  PS4  |     13.419 |      7.388 |      8.347 |    115.035 |    298.777 |   7.468.308 |
|n-2DSLL|      1.172 |        895 |      3.469 |     15.422 |     71.433 |   1.119.668 |
| n-3DS |         58 |         45 |        919 |        978 |     18.364 |   5.886.893 |
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[Cute Pikachu]

Someone put Japan's five weeks which covers March NPD and switch sold nearly 940k unite in a March NPD span O_O.

And this has stock problems too