2061 will be a problematic year for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and your island

If you plan on playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons in 2061, 39 years from now, this could lead to a small problem.

In the Animal Crossing subreddit, a user found out that Animal Crossing: New Horizons will no longer be playable after January 1, 2061.

Up to here and no further

If this date is exceeded, a message will appear when the game starts, prompting you to manually set the date to a point in time between 01/01/2000 and 12/31/2060.

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So there is an easy solution to this problem, which probably won’t be for most people either way.

Nevertheless, the question naturally arises as to why Animal Crossing: New Horizons cannot be started beyond December 31, 2060.

Then again: Who knows what will happen in the next 38 years. Maybe a non-working Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the least of our problems.