Nintendo: Double sales in South Korea: Switch ・ April-June period

 

Nintendo: Double sales in South Korea: Switch ・ April-June period

South Korea Daewon Media:

September 17th, announced the number of Nintendo switches sold in the April-June period.

In the April-June period, the number was 99,964 units, an increase of 106.4% from the same period of the previous year.

In the January-June period, the number was 173,812 units, an increase of 61.5% from the same period of the previous year.

The infection of the new coronavirus is spreading.

It is believed that measures were taken to maintain social distance and the number of people enjoying games indoors increased rapidly.

Nintendo: Switch software

Sales in the April-June period increased by 189.7% to 325,545 units.

Sales in the January-June period increased by 107.7% to 613,135 units.

Animal Crossing: New Year’s Forest:

“Animal Crossing: New Year’s Forest” will be released on March 20th.

Cumulative worldwide sales reached 22.4 million units by the end of June.

It became a big hit, and the situation on the day before the release date became a hot topic in Korea.

South Korea Daewon Media:

Cumulative sales of Nintendo Switch were 596,682 as of the end of June.

Nintendo, South Korea:

We supply ourselves to general merchandise stores.

Adding this is expected to double the number of vehicles sold in South Korea.

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