We already know that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is France's best-selling game of 2020, but how about some more stats from that country?
According to Le Figaro, who spoke to Nintendo France managing director Philippe Lavoué, there were several Switch games which performed particularly well in the region, including the usual suspects like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Ring Fit Adventure.
However, a surprising statistic is that Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics managed to outsell Ring Fit Adventure, as well as Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Paper Mario: The Origami King.
Lavoué also noted that Switch hardware sales saw “annual growth at double digits,” and commented that “this kind of growth at this point in a console’s lifecycle has never been seen before at Nintendo.”
The system is estimated to have sold 4.7 million units in France so far – back in 2019, the install base was 3.3 million, so the console had quite a year in 2020.
While it might seem like Nintendo romped to victory last year, Lavoué is keen to stress that it wasn't easy:
We had to face two lockdowns and the closing of [media] aisles [in stores] and specialized stores in November. I want to thank the reactivity, adaptation and innovation of French distribution, who were exemplary. We managed to satisfy our players thanks to click and collect and online purchases.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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Clubhouse Games is superb. I recently snapped it up when the digital version went on sale and my expectations were exceeded. It's brimming with content and the games are just beautifully presented. An essential, for sure.
Casual / Party games are very important for Nintendo.
I would like to see more great casual / party games on Nintendo Switch.
I suppose "Worldwide" is the key word there. I'd assume there are quite a few games that appeal to France more than Mario or Zelda.
@Anti-Matter I'd like to see a Nintendo Land sequel on Switch.
It was on sale too which helped. I bought it when it was reduced to £25 on the eShop and feel it was the perfect price.
I initially wasn't going to get Clubhouse games was but glad I did.
Great game to just chill, take your mind off things and play a few rounds of various games, especially during these lockdowns.
Even my dad often asks to play a few rounds of Billiards or Darts. It's great!
Very reminiscent of the Wii days
(wish though that the golf game in 51 Worldwide Classics was essentially Wii Golf HD rather than the top down thing)
51 world wide games is now one of my go to online multiplayer games along with rocket league and MK8 deluxe.
@Emperor-Palpsy bought physical on launch for £27 from Argos. Played for few month and stopped but started again during Christmas. High replay value is what makes it great
"Paper Mario: The Origami King in France"
Is this an unannounced DLC?
@syrupdash fold the Eifel tower, battle sentient grapes and fight alongside a new buddy character: a sparrow named Edith!
I REALLY want this game, it's strange that I do because I've got half of these in a stuffy box in the closet and I'm still stoked to get it xD
and they couldn't even add the option to turn the music audio off SMH
it REALLLLLY show that the devs for clubhouse games also did super mario party
DLC? updates? never heard of such a thing!
Who would win? Two large-scale AAA titles plus a massively successful innovative title
OR
51 everyday board games/card games
I'm quite surprised by the success here, as is probably everyone else here. Perhaps I underestimated this game after playing the demo.
The original Clubhouse Games for the DS was one of my most played DS games, next to Advance Wars. I put hundreds and hundreds of hours into the original Clubhouse Games, and was hoping that a new one would release one day. So when Clubhouse Games was a surprise announcement and released last year, i got it on day one. Pre-Ordered it too. There have been tons of other games that I got on the Switch too (I have over 300+ physical & digital games, combined). But I also make time to play some Clubhouse Games here and there. I currently have over 330+ hours in it, and will definitely be putting a lot more time into it too. It doesn't quite have the charm that the first game had, tho, it's also by a different developer too. Which explains that. But still, its a great game, and will get many many more hundreds of hours out of me. Happily.
Always interesting to see how different different games have differing levels of success depending on the region.
It is a pretty good game, not fantastic imo but it gets the job done quite well and it's presented in a pretty inviting manner. I'm happy with the purchase for sure.
It's nice to hear that new Nintendo franchises are able to thrive just as well as Nintendo's classic franchises from the 1980s
Well that makes sense. It's a much better game than Ring Fit, Hyrule Warriors or Paper Mario.
this game gives me a lot of nostalgia for the Wii era, its definitely fun for playing a quick game and id recommend it
Interesting to see the total sales of Switch in France, it's not often we get a breakdown of the worldwide Switch sales figures outside of the estimates in the weekly Japanese charts. Very curious to know how it's doing in the UK... @Westman98 usually has the figures on this kind of thing, any ideas?
It’s too bad it didn’t include the all the modes from the DS version. I loved doing the missions and collecting unlockables.
@Otoemetry
Switch has sold ~3.9 million units in the UK as of the end of 2020.
@westman98 excellent, I knew you'd know the figures! Where do you find this information? Is it a trade secret?
@Otoemetry
https://www.resetera.com/threads/hardware-and-software-sales-2019-in-many-countries.277262/
American sales figures are from NPD.
European sales figures are from GfK/GSD.
Asian sales figures are from Media Create/Famitsu.
@westman98 TYSM! I always enjoy your contributions to the comment sections btw 🙂
not being able to use the pro controllers made it a no sale for me.
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