Average Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility owner played it for 49 hours

Natsume’s pretty proud of how its Harvest Moon games are doing on the Wii. See, Nintendo Channel users’ play data is collected by the system, to let people know what some of the most played games are, keep track of what games they play most and issue recommendations. It turns out that Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility, the first Wii Harvest Moon game, is a pretty much permanent fixture among the top 10 most played Wii games.

Natsume put together the stats to back this information up in a press release you can read on Gamasutra. It turns out over 1 million hours of play time have been logged by all Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility players. 1,726,252 and counting, if you want to get specific. Each player averages around 49 hours each, but then that number may have grown to 50 by now.

Apparently, Harvest Moon: Animal Parade could catch up to it’s big brother Tree of Tranquility. Natsume didn’t mention how many hours so far have been logged by Nintendo Channel users, but did mention that every Animal Parade user has played around 39 hours.

I admit it. I’m one of the reasons Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility is among the top ten most played Wii games. I’m also one of the reasons Harvest Moon: Animal Parade is moving it’s way up the list too. I’ve played Tree of Tranquility for 47 hours and 46 minutes and Animal Parade for 72 hours and 14 minutes. Wow… put that all together and I’ve spent two days playing Tree of Tranquility and three days playing Animal Parade. In all fairness, it isn’t until at least hour 15 that you start to get your farm to your liking and perhaps even come close to getting a husband (or wife, if you prefer).

When you think about it, the Harvest Moon Wii games offer a lot of value for the money. Sure, you’ll probably pay around $49.99 for each of them, but then you’ll also probably play each game for at least 40 hours!

Read [Gamasutra] Also Read [Kotaku]