Nintendo's smash hit 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' sold 5 million copies in March, making it the highest-selling title for any console in a single month
Tokyo The success of the Nintendo Switch during the coronavirus pandemic propelled the Japanese video company to a banner year.
Nintendo said on Thursday that it made 352 billion yen in operating profit for the fiscal year ended in March — a 41% surge from a year ago, and the highest in nine years. Profit in the three months to March more than tripled compared with the previous quarter.Sales were driven this spring in large part by the breakout success of"Animal Crossing: New Horizons," a game set on an island utopia. The company sold more than 13 million units of the game in its first six weeks of release.
Nintendo's 'Animal Crossing' series returns after 7 years 01:06"It is incredible for hardware going into its fourth year to sell so well," said Hideki Yasuda, an analyst at Ace Research Institute."It's an uncertain world already, and no one wants war and horror games in their living room. Animal Crossing keeps the parents happy too.
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