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/LuckyHitman 1d ago

Genuinely not sure where the antagonism is coming from here, could you explain why it would be a bad move for Nintendo to keep producing content for Animal Crossing New Horizons?

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u/blogoman 1d ago

I think it is because you are saying " it would be a hit" to implement your suggestions for a game on an article that is literally talking about how big of a hit the game was. The only game that sold better on the Switch was Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

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u/LuckyHitman 1d ago

The only game that sold better on the Switch was Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Which happens to be a game that received a ton of post-launch support, extending six years past its initial Switch release with the last of the booster pack courses releasing in 2023. All I'm saying is that I think that Nintendo dropped the ball by ending development for ACNH when they could have capitalized on the success further.

It feels like another New Leaf to New Horizons situation, where there was an 8 year gap between entries with the only update being a small house design mode (Happy Home Designer and Happy Home Paradise respectively).

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u/pornographic_realism 1d ago

Mario kart 8 was originally a wii u game too so you could justifiably claim it's been supported longer than the actual switch itself.