Nintendo and animal crossing - context

 Basic context

1. Date created - April 14th 2001

2. Creator - Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami

3. Copies sold - over 48 million - 1/3 attachment rate

4. Announcement - March 2020 covid

5. Reception - Huge success

Macro Nintendo 

Japanese, Kyoto, household names worldwide

Sold 5.5 billion games

Estimated value of 55 billion - less than Sony and Microsoft

Animal crossing - 14th highest selling video game of all time 

Released to critical acclaim, 90/100 on review aggregator site, Metacritic

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