Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp April 2020 was best month ever thanks to New Horizons

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The launch of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch console spurred on the publisher’s mobile title, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, to its best month ever in April and pushed lifetime player spending past $150 million, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates show.

In the seven days after the Switch title was released, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp downloads increased about 229 percent week-over-week to 1.9 million, while player spending rose 106 percent to $1.7 million. In the month following the New Horizons launch, meanwhile, downloads grew 547.8 percent from the month prior to 8.4 million, while revenue shot up 27.1 percent to $7.6 million. The month of April 2020 also proved to be the game’s best ever for revenue, generating $7.9 million in player spending.

New Horizons Drives Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's Best Month Ever as Title Surpasses $150 Million Lifetime Revenue

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp revenue and downloads surge after New Horizons launch on Switch, Sensor Tower data shows.

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[Nova]

I think lockdown and work from kind of worked for them it seems. I am looking forward to see if the game breaks the sales records of the minecraft and also other battle royale. But yeah it would be harder to see in coming months what may happen as well.