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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/thedreadfulwhale 1d ago

AC is up there but Splatoon literally is their closest game to being a GaaS shooter which is the most popular type of online multiplayer game (aside maybe from MMOs?). Coincidentally both games share dev teams inside Nintendo.

Personally wouldn't have minded if they supported Mario Maker 2 a lot longer than they did lol