Gather! The Friends of Animal Forest broke the record as the highest selling game in the United States in March

Although many industries have been affected by COVID-19, people's demand for games has also been greatly increased due to reasons such as isolation at home. In March, Nintendo launched the Switch game Gather! Animal Forest Friends, which became a blockbuster, and even became the sales champion in the US market in March.

According to the report given by the statistics agency NPD, Switch "Gather!"! The sales volume of Friends of Animal Forest exceeded that of Call of Duty 16: Modern War, becoming the highest selling game in the United States in March. Although it has only been on the market for more than ten days, Gathering! Animal Forest Friends has become the second largest seller in 2020, second only to the aforementioned Call of Duty 16: Modern War. People's love for small animals also promoted this work to become the best selling work of the Animal Forest Club series. The first month's sales exceeded the cumulative sales of any single work of the previous series.

The special period not only causes people's increasing demand for game software, but also for game consoles. According to Mat Piscatella, an analyst of NPD Group, the sales of game consoles increased by 63% compared with the same period in 2019: the sales of PS4 and XboxOne game consoles both increased by about 25% compared with the same period in 2019, and the sales of Switch doubled year on year, making the sales of Switch in that month more than the first launch record in March 2017.

In view of the fact that the epidemic situation in the United States has not yet been controlled, the demand for games by people who are isolated at home will continue, and the sales of Switch game Gather! Animal Forest Friends will reach a new high.