Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch sold more than five million units in Japan during the first half of 2020. The game was released in March of that year and became a top-selling title partly due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which encouraged people to stay at home and seek alternative ways of spending their time.
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Famitsu. (July 9, 2020). Total sales volume of best-selling video games for consoles in Japan in the first half of 2020 (in 1,000 units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/215461/sales-numbers-of-top-selling-video-games-in-japan/
Famitsu. "Total sales volume of best-selling video games for consoles in Japan in the first half of 2020 (in 1,000 units)." Chart. July 9, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215461/sales-numbers-of-top-selling-video-games-in-japan/
Famitsu. (2020). Total sales volume of best-selling video games for consoles in Japan in the first half of 2020 (in 1,000 units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215461/sales-numbers-of-top-selling-video-games-in-japan/
Famitsu. "Total Sales Volume of Best-selling Video Games for Consoles in Japan in The First Half of 2020 (in 1,000 Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/215461/sales-numbers-of-top-selling-video-games-in-japan/
Famitsu, Total sales volume of best-selling video games for consoles in Japan in the first half of 2020 (in 1,000 units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/215461/sales-numbers-of-top-selling-video-games-in-japan/ (last visited June 13, 2024)
Total sales volume of best-selling video games for consoles in Japan in the first half of 2020 (in 1,000 units) [Graph], Famitsu, July 9, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/215461/sales-numbers-of-top-selling-video-games-in-japan/