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Japanese hardware/software sales for Mar. 16th to Mar. 22nd, 2020

Of course it's Animal Crossing! What else would it be?
by nintendojam
25 March 2020
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Japanese sales data has been fully released for the week of March 16th, 2020, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons is unsurprisingly a best-seller. Selling 1,880,626 copies in its launch week, a whopping 392,576 more Switch units were also sold during the games launch period, making it the highest selling console by far. 9/10 of the top games this week are Switch titles, but PS4 exclusive Nioh 2 took the #2 position with 26,140 more copies sold in its second week on the market. Check out the full Japanese sales data below!

01./00. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 1.880.626 / NEW
02./01. [PS4] Nioh 2 (Koei Tecmo) {2020.03.12} (¥7.800) - 26.140 / 118.032 (-72%)
03./02. [NSW] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Pokemon Co.) {2020.03.06} (¥5.980) - 21.954 / 206.893 (-53%)
04./03. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) - 17.608 / 3.527.528 (-5%)
05./05. [NSW] Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 12.116 / 1.321.931 (+3%)
06./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 12.095 / 2.829.353 (+7%)
07./07. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 10.647 / 3.612.919 (+8%)
08./08. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 7.505 / 731.308 (-14%)
09./10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 7.467 / 3.349.417 (+9%)
10./11. [NSW] Super Mario Party # (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 6.580 / 1.375.417 (+1%)

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