Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks sales records in Russia, M.Video Eldorado announced the powerful launch of the game

Life simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizons set a new record for sales speed among all exclusives for Nintendo switch over the past two years in Russian stores “M Video“and”El Dorado“. This is stated in the message of the group.”M. Video Eldorado“sent today to April 1 to our editorial office.

“The new part of the Animal Crossing series with the subtitle New Horizons went on sale in Russia on March 20. By the number of physical copies sold, the new Nintendo project surpassed such exclusives as the first week The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Pokémon Sword / Pokémon Shield, Astral chain“, the message said.

“M. Video” and “Eldorado” in total occupy more than 60% of the Russian retail games market on physical media for Nintendo Switch.

The M.Video-Eldorado group also added that in the first two months of this year, the best-selling Switch games on the Russian market became The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Luigi’s Mansion 3.

According to the results of 2019, software for Switch showed the highest dynamics among all gaming platforms, and for the first time in terms of sales in monetary terms it was ahead of Xbox One.

Earlier, GameMAG.ru sources close to retail chains said that Animal Crossing: New Horizons became the best-selling game in Russian retail in the starting week and surpassed the shooter DOOM Eternal.

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