Year-end project! The most read game articles in Akiba Research Institute in 2020! Popular articles

Only a few days remain in 2020.
The new coronavirus has made it difficult to spend as many days as we would like, but even so, Akiba Research Institute has published many articles and provided a variety of news to our readers.

Among them, here is a playback of articles that were read by a particularly large number of people throughout the year 2020!
Let's look forward to the passing year 2020 and welcome the coming year 2021 with these articles!
⇒ Year-End Project! Here are the most-read anime articles on Akiba Research Institute in 2020! The most popular articles

No.1 [2020] You can't go wrong if you buy this! 67 absolutely recommended Steam games!

With the expansion of the gamer population, PC games have become an established console option, a trend accelerated by the emergence of Steam, a platform that boasts a huge number of games and has users all over the world.
Many game fans may say, "Steam is the best place to enjoy the edgiest games from overseas! There are probably many game fans who say, "Steam is the best place to enjoy the edgiest games from overseas! As proof of this, our article on recommended "Steam" games came in at No. 1 for the year.
This article is probably being accessed by people who are interested in the game but don't know which game to play.
Akiba Research Institute will continue to be a guide for such game fans in the future.


No.2 [Updated in December 2020] 70 PS4 recommendations, carefully selected from the latest 2021 releases to the best titles!

You don't know what it's like until you actually buy it or play the demo version! This is the trouble with games.
That's why second place went to an article introducing recommended games for the PlayStation 4.

PS4 games are often the talk of the town, with a borderless variety of titles announced by both domestic and foreign makers, but it can be difficult to check back later when the excitement is instantaneous and the titles have drifted away.
In such cases, we hope you will take advantage of these summary articles.


No.3 [Updated in December 2020] 54 recommended NINTENDO Switch titles!

We have selected 54 recommended titles from the latest releases at the end of October to classic titles! ～and many other national hits appeared one after another on the Switch this year.
There were probably many people who do not usually play games or who had not touched a home video game console in a while.
What would have been useful at such a time would have been a summary article.

This article was also popular, as it provided a list of recommended Nintendo Seitch titles that can be enjoyed by the whole family, as well as titles for gamers.

No.4 [2020] What is STEAM? A summary of the first things beginners should do.

Following No. 1, No. 4 was also an article about "Steam. This is an article for "Steam" beginners.
The fact that these articles ranked high suggests that 2020 was a year in which Steam attracted a lot of attention.


No. 5 "Dragon Quest XI: The Time has Passed", which will go on sale in December, is now available as a "playable demo version"!

Finally, an article on an individual title appeared here. The title was "Dragon Quest XI: Seeking a Time Gone By.
This is indeed the latest title of the national RPG.
This title can be enjoyed on all current hardware and PCs, including PS4, XBOX ONE, Windows 10, Steam, and Nintendo Switch, so it must have attracted the attention of users of each hardware.
Dracula" once publicly announced that it would be released on the best-selling hardware, but now it can be enjoyed beyond the boundaries of hardware. ...... This also seems to symbolize a change in the situation surrounding games, and is very interesting.

The top ranking articles were "recommendations" and introductory articles, and the fact that information on the popular and standard title "Dracula" was widely read suggests that many users wanted to know about interesting games at first! This suggests that many users wanted to know about interesting games.
The past few years have seen a rise in the popularity of smartphone games, but with the increase in time spent playing games due to the Corona disaster, the popularity of home video games, which can be played in a relaxed atmosphere, has resurfaced in 2020. Lifestyle changes seem to have changed the way we play games as well.

What news will entertain us in 2021?

Stay tuned for the "Hobby Articles" section, which will continue to summarize the most popular articles!