![]() ![]() According to GfK, FIFA 2021 from Electronic Arts was the best-selling video game in 2020. The halt to many football matches and the postponement of the Euro championship may have sparked interest among fans to play virtually. "But we were happy to have helped confined people feel less lonely and to escape mentally," he told the French newspaper Le Figaro. Nintendo's chief in France, Philippe Lavoue, has acknowledged the firm's lucky timing of releasing the game just as many people were needing an escape. He said parents suddenly confronted with being confined with their children looked to video games to find options for family entertainment, and that "Animal Crossing was an ideal game for parent-child interaction". "The smashing success of Animal Crossing is explained by two factors: one is an underlying trend towards family games and the other is the short-term factor of the confinement," said Nicolas Vignolles, head of the association of French video game publisher association SELL. Characters in 'Animal Crossing: New Leaf' can travel to a tropical island to compete in games such as scavenger hunts. It was the number two title in Europe for 2020 overall, according to German market research institute GfK. It powered to the top of the sales charts in the US in March 2020, and was among top sellers in other countries as well. This version of the game certainly hit the spot with players hungry for a bit of light-hearted diversion. Instead, players explore an island, collecting fruit and making tools and furniture, trading with others, as the seasons slowly change. There are no adversaries or competition in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which came out in March for Nintendo's Switch console. This is how people have been battling isolation over the past year, as certain video games have offered a bit of distraction, adventure and socialisation, achieving unexpected success during the pandemic. ![]() You're stuck in lockdown, but that doesn't mean you can't visit a tropical island, a space station or have games night with your friends.
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