Spend Hundreds of Hours Decorating in Animal Crossing?

[kangroo]

"Animal Crossing" gives players many activities that have little connection to winning or completing traditional objectives. Why do some players spend enormous amounts of time arranging rooms, designing clothes, and reshaping islands? Does this challenge the idea that video games need competition or measurable progress?

[Nomad]

I haven't played Animal Crossing but I can understand why people do it. I have probably spent hundreds of hours building my world on Minecraft