Thanks to Animal Crossing, Nintendo’s profits have increased over 400%. According to the video game giant, their profits increased by 427.7% from April to June. They revealed that their year-on-year sales have increased by 108.1%, while their net profit is up 541.3%. The high numbers are in part thanks to Nintendo’s popular life simulation video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which sold more than 10 million copies this quarter bringing the total to more than 22 million. They reported that for all of the new Switch consoles purchased and played for the first time this quarter, more than half of them played New Horizons on the first day. (The Verge, Kotaku)
