November 2020 NPD: Switch sells over 1.35 million units, was the best-selling console
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Switch sold over 1.35 million units in the United States last month and was the best-selling console of November, Nintendo has announced. The system continued its streak as the best-selling system for 24 consecutive months.
Switch sales in 2020 have surpassed 6.92 million units, “surpassing in 11 months the total number of systems sold in all of 2019 by over 426,000,” Nintendo says.
Here’s the full announcement from Nintendo:
Famitsu sales (11/30/20 – 12/6/20)
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China: Switch sells over 1.3 million consoles in 2020, almost double combined PS4 and Xbox One sales
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Switch had a successful year in China having sold more than 1.3 million consoles in 2020, according to a Bloomberg report. That’s based on sales from legal and gray market channels. Switch actually almost sold double the amount of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One combined in the same period.
Lifetime Switch sales in China now sit at 3.95 million units. This is more than the total of PS4 and Xbox One, which comes in at 3.52 million and 1.24 million respectively.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons hasn’t been approved by the Chinese government yet, but has still been successful. Ring Fit Adventure has also been a hit.
Switch holds 72 percent market share in Spain during Black Friday 2020, total hardware sales at 1.57 million
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Interestingly enough, the first bit of Black Friday 2020 sales data concerning Switch’s performance stems from Spain. The company put out a press release outlining a few key figures.
The biggest piece of news is that, during Black Friday week in Spain, Switch held a 72 market share. That’s not the only piece of data shared though.
Revealed in the same press release is that Switch has sold a total of 1.57 million units in Spain to-date. We’ve also learned that Mario-related games have sold 2.4 million copies on Switch Switch at Spanish retail.
Finally, six of the best-selling games this year are Switch titles. They are as follows:
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UK software sales – December 6, 2020
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Update (12/7): Post updated with the top 40.
Original (12/6): This week’s UK software sales are in, which show that Immortals Fenyx Rising is off to a bit of a slow start for boxed sales.
Ubisoft’s new open-world game actually missed out on the top ten, instead debuting at #11. 35 percent of the game’s sales were on PS5 followed by 30 percent for the Switch version. GamesIndustry points out that Immortals Fenyx Rising’s launch sales are 40 percent lower than the recently-released Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
Famitsu software sales (11/23/20 – 11/29/20) – Top 30
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 126,729 / 472,426
2. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – 40,667 / 213,882
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 36,019 / 1,879,811
4. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 35,389 / 6,046,697
5. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe – 21,314 / 315,862
6. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack – 15,504 / NEW
7. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – 14,688 / 124,371
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 14,665 / 3,289,458
9. [NSW] Fortnite: The Last Laugh Bundle – 14,147 / 45,414
10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield + Expansion Pass – 12,370 / 55,458
Famitsu sales (11/23/20 – 11/29/20)
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NPD reveals that LEGO is the best-selling third-party franchise on Nintendo platforms
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When you think of third-party games on Nintendo systems, LEGO is one of the first things that may come to mind. After all, we’ve seen numerous titles on the Big N’s systems going back to the N64. It also helps that several LEGO games tend to release each generation.
Given all of this information, it shouldn’t be too surprising to hear that LEGO is the best-selling third-party franchise on Nintendo platforms. That’s according to the NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella.
Piscatella shared a couple of other noteworthy tidbits as well. LEGO is the ninth-biggest video game franchise in history in terms of dollar sales. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, LEGO Batman, and LEGO Star Wars II are the best-selling entries.
UK sales for November 2020 – Switch hardware sales up 96% over previous four weeks, 63.1% year-on-year
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The UK sales report for November 2020 is in, revealing that Nintendo had a very good month overall.
PlayStation 5 outsold Switch, meaning Nintendo’s console came in second for only the third time in two years. However, hardware sales increased by 96 percent over the previous four weeks. Switch hardware sales are up 63.1% percent year-on-year.
We’ll also mention that Nintendo was the top publisher of the month. Games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Minecraft and Super Mario 3D All-Stars continued to perform well.
Here’s a look at the top twenty best-selling games of November:
Okami HD sales numbers revealed, Switch version sold more than any other platform
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The recent Capcom leaks did more than just expose a number of upcoming games. Various sales data was also contained in the content breach, including the performance of Okami HD.
Okami HD has ended up on several platforms, but it turns out that it did the best on Nintendo’s console. On Switch, the game sold 600,000 copies. That’s more than any other system by a decent amount.
Here’s the full breakdown by platform:
