Nintendo Switch console sales surpassed 3DS, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sold 31 million copies

Nintendo announced that on December 31, 2020, the Nintendo Switch officially passed the 3DS with 79.87 million console units sold. In addition, Animal Crossing: New Horizons reached 31.18 million copies sold. As revealed in Nintendo’s latest financial gain release for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is increasingly close to surpassing the 33.41 million Mario Kart 8 Deluxe units sold as the best selling Nintendo Switch game.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the third best-selling Switch game with 22.85 million units sold, followed by 21.45 million units of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 20.35 million units Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield and 20, 23 million units Super Mario Odyssey.

Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield also became the first Pokémon games to sell over 20 million units since Pokémon Gold and Silver.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2020, securities launched in the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2020 were very successful. Super Mario 3D All-Stars sold 8.32 million units, Paper Mario: The Origami King sold 3.05 million units, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity sold 2.84 million units, Pikmin 3 Deluxe sold 1.94 million of units and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit sold 1.08 million units.

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Games released in previous fiscal years also continued to sell well in those nine months, led by 19.41 million units of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 8.64 million units, Ring Fit Adventure sold 5.95 million units, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 4.04 million units and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 4.01 million units.

29 Nintendo Switch titles have sold more than a million copies, including 9 games from other software publishers.

Nintendo Switch hardware sales reached 24.10 million units in this period, representing an increase of 35.8% year on year, and software sales reached 176.10 million units, representing an increase of 43 , 0% year on year.

It is also interesting to note that the Nintendo Switch Lite has sold 13.53 million units in its lifetime, which means it is close to surpassing the 13.56 million units of the Wii U.

Digital sales also represented 40.9% of all software sales, which represents an increase of 12.3% over the previous year. Digital sales also increased 104.9% compared to 2019.

Mobile and IP-related revenue increased 13.8% year-on-year.

While we don’t know Nintendo’s complete plan for 2021, we have Super Mario 3D World + Bowser Fury, Monster Hunter Rise, New Pokémon Snap and Bravely Default 2 to wait in the coming months.

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Adam Bankhurst is an IGN news writer. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.