Monthly sales of games exceeded $ 10 billion (1.8 trillion yen), 'Atsume Animal Forest' achieved world record in monthly sales
Market analyst Nielsen reported that in the world digital game market, monthly sales in March 2020 exceeded 10 billion dollars (about 1.8 trillion yen) and renewed the highest amount so far.
Worldwide digital games market — SuperData, a Nielsen Company
According to Nielsen, monthly sales of home video game consoles in March 2020 were $ 1.5 billion (about 160 billion yen), an increase of 64% from the previous month. Monthly sales of PC games in March 2020 were 567 million dollars (about 61 billion yen), an increase of 56% from the previous month. Monthly sales for the entire gaming industry increased 11% from $ 9 billion in the same month of the previous year to $ 10 billion. Nielsen analyzes this significant increase in sales as a result of the lockdown (city blockade) carried out due to the epidemic of the new coronavirus infection.
The following is the sales ranking of the game in March 2020, reported by Nielsen. Rankings are divided for each platform: PC (games for PC), CONSOLE (home games), and MOBILE (games for smartphones). MORPG's ' Arad Senki ' won the 1st place in PC games, 2nd place was the ' League of Legends ' of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), and 3rd place was the multiplayer FPS ' Crossfire '. Among the home-use games, ' Atsume Animal Forest ' was the top, followed by the soccer game ' FIFA 20 ' in second place and the baseball game ' MLB The Show 20 ' in third place. Among the smartphone games, MOBA's ' Champion Eiya ' was number one, puzzle game ' Gardenscape ' was number two, and miniature simulation ' last shelter ' was number three.
According to Nielsen, sales of smartphone games increased by 15% year-on-year, reaching 5.7 billion dollars (about 610 billion yen) in March 2020. As an example, by carrying out an
'Atsuma Animal Forest became the best-selling game in the world in a month,' Nielsen reports. Atsume Animal Crossing, which was released on March 20, 2020, sold 5 million units in a month, and monthly sales of home-use game console titles owned by Call of Duty Black Ops 4 He set a new high world record. Nielsen said that the sales of 'Atsume Animal Crossing' is comparable to the sum of Nintendo's very popular title, ' Super Smash Bros. Smash Brothers SPECIAL ' and ' Pokemon Sword Shield .' This record sales 'has increased the percentage of consumers who bought games online due to the closure of physical stores.' 'In the lockdown, social and heartwarming factors are attractive to consumers. That was the cause. ”
Popular FPS latest series, which has sold a total 250 million this ' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for' is, PUBG and Fortnight , Apex Legend , known for popular titles such as Battle Royale game as, 'a new mode War Nielsen points out that the addition of ' zones ' has boosted monthly active users by 159 percent to 62.7 million. The digital version of ' DOOM Eternal ', the latest work of the masterpiece FPS series ' DOOM ' released on March 20, 2020, is the monthly sales volume of the remake version ' DOOM ' which was released in May 2016 which is the previous work. It was 3 times more than 3 million, but he said, `` Because there is no billing content in the game, there is a possibility that revenue may fall faster than other multiplayer FPS '' .
Nielsen commented that Valve 's latest work, ' Half-Life: Alyx, ' which runs Steam , the world's largest digital game platform, is 'a blockbuster virtual reality (VR) game.' According to a survey at the end of 2019, it is estimated that the number of PC VR headsets used will be less than 4 million, but in March 2020, 'Half-Life: Alyx' had a population of 860,000. 'Half-Life: Alyx' is expected to have sold 40.70 million dollars (about 4.4 billion yen), and boosted sales of the company's headset ' Valve Index '.
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