I got the game on the 20th of July, 2013. I use to play it everyday until a few months ago I found out there is a way to leave the game without having your villagers move. Now I just play every few weeks.
I usually play daily, even if it's just for 10 mins to check on everyone. Some days if I'm super busy or tired I skip it, and I've never had anyone move out on me luckily. When XY came out in 2013 I barely played for about 3 months, but still managed to keep everyone luckily. I'm still working on a few gold badges, and every now and again I'll think up a new landscaping idea so I keep coming back to it ^_^
I currently play daily, since the 1st of Feb, for about an hour I'd say. Hoping to keep it up for the year after pretty much not playing at all in 2014.
When I first got the game I was awful. That June/July unless I was going out that day I played atleast 10 hours. (up to 20! D: ) And I actually have a block in my activity log over a few days where you can track my sleep pattern for a few days as the only hours where I wasn't playing AC. xD
I used to play a couple hours of day because I had nothing else going on. Since then I've gotten to a point where I don't feel excited to play it anymore. I pretty much only play when people I know on Skype want me to play or if there is an event where I can get some furniture. It's sad but I think I'm at the point where I'll be taking an extensive absence from this game and maybe only play it a few times per month.
I do play it every day, but not as long as I used to. I did sort of lack in playing the game a couple of weeks ago & didn't check it for a couple of days, but I'm definitely going to try & check it every day again from now on.
I play New Leaf about once every day or every other day; lately I've been playing a bit more often. I usually only have time to do all my daily chores and talk to the villagers a bit, but sometimes when I can't sleep I like to do a bit of redecorating, landscaping, or island games with friends. :3
It depends on the day and if I am TTing or not. I played a bit last night because I was hanging out with a friend in her town to do some cataloging and get some flowers. Maybe an hour to an hour and a half during school days and maybe two hours on the weekends. Landscaping takes up a huge amount of time for me so the two hours on the weekend sometimes goes way above that.
When the game came out, I played for hours. Since I got into nursing school, I've barely had any time for my game. Plus I got a little bored because I had almost every item in the catalog, my town was landscaped and PWPs built, and everything was pretty much set.
I really should go back to it when I have free time and make sure my villagers are fine and all. I kinda miss them.