Who would have thunk it but the Sims franchise has now sold more than 100 million copies worldwide
By: Captain Maverick
Published: Apr 16, 2008
Updated: Sep 2, 2010
Electronic Arts Inc. has got a lot to celebrate with a great milestone in that the Sims franchise has to date sold more than 100 million units worldwide. Who says that women don't play games? But the truth be told, this milestone makes the Sims and all of its expansion packs the most popular PC game franchise ever.
For those of you who may have been hiding in caves and denying your inner sim, the game was created in 2000 and puts the player into a real world that they can create, manipulate, and has indeed been wildly popular with women. It afterall does play about 60 percent to women and about 40 percent to men. It was created by Will Wright who was initially skeptical about its success. But the game succeeded by giving people freedom to recreate themselves and their families in their own images. They create their homes, their lives, activities and all manner of things making themselves what they would like if they had ultimate control.
The Sims became the ultimate in casual games. In fact there is a great deal of user-generated content on the net as well, including more than 100,000 Sims movies created by players that have become hugely popular. The Sims is a completely open game that lets the gamer make the rules and play the game. And as EA Games prepares for Sims 3 expected to be released in 2009, EA is hoping to appeal to more core gamers. EA is also said to be collaborating with 20th Century Fox to develop a live action movie based on the game. So there is sure to me more Sims goodness for some time to come.
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