The Sims Turns Ten

Wow, I saw this press release about EA’s The Sims franchise turning ten and felt old. The original game came out on Feb 4. 2000 and was a groundbreaking game that fattened the wallets of publisher Maxis and creator Will Wright. I remember having to upgrade my family’s PC so that my wife could play The Sims.

Just how popular is The Sims? The franchise has generated more than $2.5B of revenue, putting it in the same class as blockbuster films Avatar, Titanic, and The Matrix Trilogy. … If the games were buried in a time capsule, when unearthed in 100 years, The Sims would give future generations an instant understanding of how people lived between 2000 - 2010. For example, music would come alive from blockbuster recording artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, Nelly Furtado, Katy Perry, Natasha Bedingfield and Depeche Mode, all of whom have recorded songs for various The Sims games in Simlish, the official language of The Sims.

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