r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • 1d ago

Famitsu: Animal Crossing: New Horizons has surpassed 8 million physical copies sold in Japan

https://www.famitsu.com/article/202412/28997
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u/engagingbear 1d ago

It's crazy how this game has only had 1 DLC. My wife isn't a traditional gamer and has sunk so many hours into animal crossing.

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u/ContinuumGuy 1d ago edited 1d ago

If Nintendo had wanted to, they could have been doing DLCs and other content updates for it throughout the entirety of the Switch's lifespan and people would have lapped it up. If ever there was a Nintendo series that could be a GAAS and not be an abomination in the process, it's AC.

Wouldn't be surprised if they go with that with the next AC.

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u/iceburg77779 1d ago

Nintendo doesn’t seem to be interested in heavily investing into GAAS games, especially for their flagship IPs. It would become harder for audiences to justify the premium pricing of Nintendo games if they became filled with DLC, and Nintendo would rather have their devs move onto other projects.

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u/ContinuumGuy 1d ago

And while I generally like them for that, I do feel it does hinder Animal Crossing a bit.

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u/MandoDoughMan 1d ago

Animal Crossing would be perfect for GaaS. I would have spent an embarrassing amount of money if I could subscribe to regular new items, new villagers, new NPCs, new events, new dialogue, new buildings, new locations, new features, etc. I would happily be Nintendo's whale.

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u/Skawt24 1d ago

Animal crossing did do GaaS though and they shut it down and released an offline version.

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u/SilverShako 21h ago

Pocket Camp lasted 7 yrs before it shut down though, so I’d argue it just ran its course. Also it was a mobile game lacking a large chunk of what makes Animal Crossing what it is.