Between their purchases of pasta, toilet paper and ink cartridges, the French have also stocked up on video games. Revealed by the Gamesindustry site, data from the GSD panel, created by video game publishers to measure the European market, show a strong increase in sales in France the week of March 16. Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One purchases soared 140% from the previous week.
A performance, while console purchases had dropped by 20% in 2019. "All the lights are green," we confirm at Microsoft. "We are even seeing old Xbox accounts come back online, proof that homes are reconnecting their consoles."
Purchases of physical format games jumped 70%. This growth is due to Animal Crossing: New Horizons , a novelty from Nintendo released on March 24 and number one in sales. "It is Nintendo who is pulling the market," confirms Fnac Darty. His Mario Kart racing game
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